JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 6—
Gi-—Climbing through cold blue
skies more than five and one-half
miles over Jersey and Manhattan
today, Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. ¥.,
flyer, who holds coast-to-coast
speed marks, set an unofficial alti-
tude record for women.

The altinieter on her speedy
Lockheed-Vega monoplane showed
early 30,050 feet. The sealed
barograph placed in the plane by
the National Aeronautic association

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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.
 