You could try taking the world folder out of the folder storing the server files, reinstalling the minecraft_server.jar and Forge universal, then putting the world folder in that new folder before starting the server.
Sorry for double post, but i finally got a chance to do this today and just finished, unfortunately, after taking forever to upload the world file to the server, there is no change.
Also, a little more strangely, I just started a server from scratch with a new map, just to see if i could reproduce the problem. When I loaded the new map, I was still having all the same problems.
Is anyone else having this problem?