Word: hamilton
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...matter of indisputable historical fact, the oldest U.S. daily is one that does not even bother to advertise the distinction. "Founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801" reads the masthead of the New York Post, which has been in continuous daily publication since that year* and under the same name.-As for the country's oldest newspaper, daily or weekly, that title, too, lies beyond doubt. In 1837, a 73-year-old Hartford weekly named the Connecticut Courant put forth a daily edition called the Hartford Courant. Thus the U.S.'s oldest newspaper describes an ancestorless continuum that...
Although the architectural plans are not yet final, the first seven stories--containing a lobby, restaurant, cocktall lounge and six floors of parking space--will be housed in an L-shaped structure. This part of the building will be wrapped around the Hamilton Liquor Store, which the holding company was unable to buy. Mrs. Helen O'Rourke, who owns the Hamilton building, said that she was not offered a high enough price to interest...
With captain Stan Abrams out of action, the Crimson golf squad turned in a mediocre performance yesterday, as they narrowly defeated M.I.T., 4-3, at the Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton...
...name is Mary Hamilton," she said when she was in the witness chair and the County Solicitor addressed her as Mary. "Who were you arrested by, Mary?" repeated the solicitor. Despite the judge's admonition to answer, CORE's Mary Hamilton stubbornly refused to respond to her first name. She was fined $50 and also sentenced to five days in jail...
...Mary Hamilton's case reached the Supreme Court, which wasted little time agreeing that the question she raised was far from frivolous. In an unusual shortening of standard procedure, the court not only consented to review the case of Mary Hamilton v. Alabama; it made its decision at the same time. Without even hearing oral argument, and without handing down a written opinion, the court summarily reversed the contempt conviction. With Miss Mary Hamilton concurring, the court ruled in effect that calling Negroes by their first names is a form of racial discrimination...