My apologies to the group.
I misspoke when I said that the EPS file I wanted to import had no text. In truth, it was is an image that contains text in a stylized way to mirror a building structure. So, its very possible that the problem is font related.
Inkscape, Gimp and GS can all open the file buts its possible that they don't know nor need to know that the file is font based.
I have a workaround (converting EPS to JPG) for the purposes of putting the image into a document that is PDF'd later.
Again, thanks for all of the help.
Regards,
Marc