Nation: WHITE HOUSE WEST San Clemente, California

FOLLOWING the most hectic fortnight of his presidency, Richard Nixon paused last week to recharge. Accompanied by Mrs. Nixon, he flew cross-country to spend a month at the new summer White HouseĀ—a ten-room Spanish-style villa on a 75-foot cliff overlooking the Pacific at San Clemente, Calif.

Cotton Point is ideal for the privacy-loving Nixons. Shielded from the road by a stand of eucalyptus trees, the five-acre estate offers both solitude and convenience. A newly built private road links it to the adjacent San Mateo Point Coast Guard station, where communications facilities and private...

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