 

Jersey City, N. J., March 6.—()
—Ciimbing through cold blue skies
more than five and one-half miles
over Jersey and Manhattan today.
Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. Y¥..
flyer. who holds coast-to-coast
sheed marks. set an unofficial alti-
tude record for women The altt-
meter ati her speedy Lockheed-Vega
monoplane showed nearly 34,050
feet.
 
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.
 