| GOULD <GLD> SELLS FRENCH BATTERY UNIT | |
| Gould Inc said it sold its | |
| French Battery unit, Cie Francaise d'Electro Chimie, to a group | |
| of investors including the unit's employees and <GNB Inc> of | |
| Minnesota. | |
| Terms of the sale were not disclosed. The unit had 1986 | |
| sales of 65 mln dlrs. | |