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President Nixon was met by a cheering crowd of about ten thousand this evening in San Diego. He left there for his home in San Clemente. Earlier today, the president addressed the american legion convention in chicago and drew an enthusiast response for his attacks on Senator George McGove n's defense policies. McGovern got a cool welcome when he addressed the veterans of foreign wars convention in Minneapolis. But in nearby St Paul, the American federation of Teachers con- vention cheered McGovern wildly, gave him the first political endorsement in the organization's history...and contributed