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...safer havens. The scattershot regulations restrict the amount of currency that anyone can take out of Mexico. Tourists, except those visiting just the border areas, must declare all the cash they bring in. Foreign-owned industries may have trouble sending profits home; most Mexican businesses are hard pressed to obtain foreign currency for paying off outside debts; and banks are not releasing dollars for checks or credits owed to foreign merchants. Only Mexico's central bank has the authority to hold or trade foreign currencies. Despite having established an official exchange rate, it is keeping all U.S. dollars...
...sweep over western Canada, a Soviet satellite, equipped with special electronic "ears" to hear the beeps of small planes or ships in distress, picked up the downed aircraft's automatic emergency beacon and relayed the signals to an antenna outside Ottawa. There a computer quickly used them to obtain a navigational "fix" on the crash site. Within hours, a helicopter plucked the three men out of the wilderness, injured but alive...
...Square restaurant's five-year legal struggle to obtain a liquor license will reach the United States Supreme Court next week, and experts say the resulting decision could affect several state laws on liquor and other permit provisions...
Kohl has reportedly already promised Genscher that he will invite the F.D.P. to form a new coalition. But he did not say publicly when he would call for national elections to obtain a popular mandate for the new government. Said Kohl: "Our program must be clearly shaped before we take it to the electorate. Of course, we must act as quickly as possible." The Free Democrats hope that the arrangement will give them time to build support prior to any new elections...
...revise the package, Reagan and Budget Director David Stockman had sent strong signals to Capitol Hill that the measure as written would probably be vetoed. But many legislators calculated that when the bill reached him at his California ranch, the President would reluctantly sign it, if only to obtain the C.B.I. and military funds. "Congress thought they had us hostage," said one top White House aide, "but they were wrong...