Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 28 (AP)
Governor A. G. Sorlie, of North Dakota,
died here this morning,

Death was caused by heart failure
from which the Governor had been
critically ill for the past three days,

Arthur Gustave Sorlie was born in
1874, the son of natives of Norway, near
Albert Lea, Minn. When he was 19
years old he came to North Dakota.
He worked in a bank, operated a gen-

eral store, was a traveling salesman
and later entered the fuel, feed and
seed business at Grand Forks.

Governor Sorlie's death brings to the
executive chair Walter Maddock, the
lieutenant governor, who is a real dirt
farmer and ts rated a self-made man,
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
federal government said Thurs-
day it has spent nearly $2
mulion on President Nixon's
homes in Key Biscayne, Fla.,
and San Clemente. Calif.

The General Services Ad-
ministration (GSA), the federal
housekeeping agency, said
$1,180,522.54 was spent on
Improvement and maintenance
at the Key Biscayne compound
and $703.367.20 was spent for the
San Clemente estate. The San
Clemente figure was revised
upward from a little over
$400.000 and the Key Biscayne
total was the first of its kind.

The GSA released the figures
from official audits it took
following varying reports of the
eost to the government for
additions and improvements.

A White House spokesman
Said all of the money spent was
for security or security-related
items.

The spokesman said none of
the work done on either the

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