WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
federal government said Thurs-
day it has spent nearly $2
million on President Nixon's
homes in Key Biscayne, Fla.,
and San Clemente, Calif.

The General Services Ad-
ministration (GSA), the federal
housekeeping agency, said
$1,180,522.64 was spent on
improvement and maintenance
at the Key Biscayne compound
and $703,367.20 was spent over
the past 4'4 years 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.
 
WASHINGTON (UPL) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I.
Brezhnev, already planning another
summit meeting next year, formally
pledged Friday to avoid military con-
frontations and threats of force that
might trigger nuclear war.

The vows were contained in a policy dec-
laration which also said the leaders of the
two superpowers would “immediately en-
ter into urgent consultations with each oth-
er’ if a nuclear conflict threatened.

Shorily before Nixon and Brezhnev
signed the agreement in the East Room of
the White House, Treasury Secretary
 George P. Shultz and Soviet Trade Min-
ister Nikolai §. Patolichey met across
Pennsylvania Avenue in Blair House to in-
itial another pact intended to strengthen
commerce between the United Stales and
the Soviet Union. About 50 captains of
American industry were present at the sig-
ning.

The two latest accords brought to eight
the number reached since the start of the
summit talks Monday. They were signed a
few hours before Nixon and Brezhnev were
to depart aboard the President’s jetliner
for San Clemente, Calif., where they

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