THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS it has spent
nearly $2 million improving President Nixon's humes in
Florida and California, all of it relating to “security.” The
White House also disclosed that businessman Robert H.
Abplanalp, who helped the President buy his San Clemente,
Calif., retreat, has been getting some money back in the
form of rent associated with Nixon's Key Biscayne, Fla.,
place. A month ago the White House had listed $39,000 in
federal funds for improving the Western White Ilouse at
San Clemente since Nixan bought it in 1969,

THE HOUSE LATE THURSDAY VOTED (to create an
independent corporation to handle the free jegal services
program fur the poor, but added a series of restrictions on
what lawyers can do for their poverty clients. ‘The measure,
as passed and sent to the Senate, would bar the attorneys
from engaging in cases involving school busing, school
integration, abertion and governmental lobbying. Final
passage came on a 276 to 95 roli call vote.
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
federal government says it has
spent nearly $2 million improv-
ing President Nixon’s homes in
Florida and California, all of it
relating to ‘‘security.”’

The White House also dis-
closed that businessman Robert
H. Abplanalp, who helped the
President buy his San Clemen-
te, Calif., retreat, has been
getting some money back in the
form of rent associated with
Nixon’s Key Biscayne, Fia.,
place.

A month ago the White House
had listed $39,000 in federal
funds for improving the West-
ern White House at San
Clemente since Nixon bought it
in 1969.

Last week, after a further
search of record, it raised this
figure to $460,302,

On Thursday, General Ser-
vices Administration (GSA),
the government’s housekeeping
agency, said a_ still more
extensive audit put the total
federal expenditure at San
Clemente at $703,367 over four
fiscal years beginning July 1,
1969.
 