He likes to call himself "Big Al." He is a beefy, publicity-shy, self-made millionaire. He is also a personal financier to President Nixon. This man, Robert H. Abplanalp, 51, has found himself increasingly in the public eyea position he ordinarily avoidssince it was learned that he lent $625,000 toward Nixon's purchase of property in San Clemente. How did Abplanalp become the President's silent business partner, and what holds their relationship together?
Abplanalp (the name is pronounced Abplanalp and means in Swiss-German "from flat mountain") has long had a taste for conservative...
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