SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFIC &lt;SFE> UNIT BUYS SUBSIDIARY
  Safeguard Scientific Inc
  said its subsidiary, Coherent Communications Systems Corp,
  purchased a telecommunications equipment business for an
  undisclosed amount of cash, notes and Coherent common stock.
      Safeguard said it bought the business unit from Comsat
  TeleSystems Inc, a subsidiary of Communications Satellite Corp
  &lt;CQ>.
  

