Corruption on import

I have been running Lightroom since LRv1. We base our entire workflow around importing individual catalogs, convert to DNG, backup 3x and work from the original import. It has been going well. Howver we are recently having some import corruption issues that seem to be most prevelent on LRv 3.0.
I have read that there are the same problems on 3.2, so I don't know where to go from here.
Today wasn't as much as a panic as in the past. Usually we are dealing with wedding images. Today was (only) some vacation images from Zion, Utah. I don't want to lose them, but it won't be the end of our business if I did.
Here are the events:
1. Imported to LR 3.0, convert to DNG
>result: images and preview thumbnail were coming in visually corrupted
>> stopped the import
2. Imported to LR 3.0, set to "move images to new folder and import to catalog". Set up new catalog and folder
>result: previews looked ok, however when you clicked on the image to enlarge or get a closer look, they showed the corruption in the high-res view which then showed up in the preview thumbnail.
3. Imported to LR v2.6, convert to DNG in a new folder and newly named catalog.
>result: import worked fine. No issues with any of the images.
4. Went to LR 3.0, browsed to open LR2.6 catalog created in step 3.
>result: LR 3.0 prompted to "upgrade catalog to 3.0" clicked OK. Everything is working and viewing normally.
I hope this is helpful to anyone in distress.
In any case, if there are any other hints, tips, tricks or words of advice, bring 'em on!
Thanks.

Q:Are you using a card reader or going directly from the camera?
A:Using an internal card reader.
Q:Do you get the same results copying the images to a local disk and adding/moving from there?
A: (took a while to find time to set this up) No. Didn't appear to have the same corruption issues after copying the images from the CF card to the hard drive and then importing them to a new catalog. - Settings were set to convert to DNG.
Q:Apart from your report that Lr 2 does not have this problem (this is the part that has me concerned), how sure are you the CF card is sound?
A: Not sure how to be absolutely certain that the card is sound. I don't think I have ever felt 100% certain about any CF card. Are there tests?
Send this file link with corrupted DNG (good for 3 days)
https://www.sendthisfile.com/7b6v4T321GU4fA4HGiNnbCug

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