City Police Add Dogs To Force
Frederick becomes the first city outside Baltimore to add dogs to its police department. At a Lions Club meeting the K 9 Corps training progress was reviewed by Lt John L Biemiller, with 30 dogs in the corps and 5 handlers. Buddy and Dixie demonstrated arrest techniques, while training costs average about 200 per dog annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Baltimore
Lions Club of
Francis Scott Key
John L Biemiller
Bamore
London
Biemilier
William Kerbe
Buddy
Freder
Baltimore Corps
Dixie
King
America
R. C. Mitchell
Richard Ayers
K Nine Dogs Impress Lions With Training Fame
A program on K-9 dogs wowed Lions with demonstrations of jumping climbing and squeezing through openings in pursuit of criminals. They are calm under arrest threaten only if provoked and are controlled by voice or hand signals. The dogs enjoyed pats from Lions and impressed officials including Chief Charles V Main and President Wiliam A Simmons. The piece notes dogs can be used for crowd control and describes the event as part of a Lions meeting with several guests and inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemiller
Baltimore
Washington
Charles V. Main
Wiliam A. Simmons
Saul Z. Hyof
Beth Sholom
Internaional
Home Show Attracts 1326 in Frederick Armory Attendance
The Junior Chamber of Commerce Home Show drew 1,326 visitors at the Frederick Armory last night. Miss Maryland Robin Davis of Hyattsville headlined, with Middletown High School band performances and hourly prizes including an ironing board, floor polisher, floor lamp, lubrication job, and a Tupperware set awarded to local residents. The four hour show runs 6 PM to 10 PM, with a grand seven hour finale 3 PM to 1 AM Saturday and no entertainment on Saturday.
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Trail Avenue
Ed Hartmann
West Twelfth Street
Herbert Divel
Boonsboro
Lewis Garrett
Route 3
Frederick
Jaycees
Michael Brust
Taney
Treeland
Sterling Lenhart Jr
Revue
Armory
Mount Airy Home Show Awards Grand Prize Freezer
Awards will continue tonight and tomorrow at the Mount Airy Home Show with a grand prize 11 cubic foot freezer filled with food. Exhibitors vie for numerous prizes including a pair of concrete steps offered by the Mount Airy Improvement Association to be awarded as the show closes Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy Improvement Association
Fort Detrick Soldier Found Dead In Barracks
Private Michael W. Birch an 18 year old cook at Fort Detrick was found hanging in his room at 9 30 pm by roommates in an apparent death by own action. Fort Detrick authorities opened an investigation as next of kin in Kentucky were notified.
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Michael W. Birch
Fort Detrick
Fort Detricks
Detrick Cources
Birch
Walter R. Birch
Taylorville
Kentucky
Hilda M. Reynolds
Covington
Youth Freed In Boy's Death
An 18 year old, George Richard Rowe, was acquitted in the December 30 shooting death of Phillip Huyett Shank, 33, near Hagerstown. Rowe testified he fired at tree tops 1,700 feet away and did not intend to kill. The jury deliberated for about an hour and Rowe was cleared of charges. The article notes the earliest rail passenger vehicles were road coaches adapted to rails.
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Hagerstown
Phillip Huyett Shank
George Richard Rowe
Rowe
Washington County
Shank
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Exclusively Insurance
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Berger's
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Service Glass
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Frederick Shopping Center
Kaempf & Harris
American Standard
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