Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-26
County Meeting
Will Discuss
Rockville Jail
u. S. Prison Director
Is to Be Invited to
Restote Complaints
Montgomery County authorities

. director of the Federal Bureau OF
} Prisons, to discuss Mr.. Benefits
complaints of conditions in the
county jail at Rockville.
The complaints, one of which
charged there is unsupervised Wis
Iiting of prisoners. were contained
in a letter from Mr.. Bennett
which was read at the County
Councils meeting yesterday.
In other business the council:
/. Approved the appointment by
County Manager Irving G. McNayr
: of Charles Henry Howe, jr.
; Lutherville. Md. as county fire
marshal at a salary of $4,000 a
year.
Rezoning Petition Denied.
2. Denied a petition for reclas-
siflcation from residential to COM
mercial use of land on which the
Olney Theater is located.
3. Approved an application for
, the rezoning from residential to
, apartment house use of about two
acres at Piney Branch road and
Long Branch parkway.
4. Received a letter from Joseph
B. Simpson, jr., attorney for the
Silver Spring Commercial Proper
!; ties. Inc, in which Mr.. Simpson
said the firm has removed mo
trespassing" signs placed by the
county on four lots whose owner
ship is in dispute.
i S. Announced it has leased
space in the Professional Building,
Rockville, to house the Depart
ment of Public Works at an an
nual rental of $4,000.
In his letter. Mr.. Bennett said
he based his criticisms on the find
ings of a Federal Bureau of Prisons
inspector who visited the Jail re-
Gently.
I Safety. Is Questioned.
1.-THE safety of the Jail is far
from foolproof," he declared. ad-
ding that practically unsuper-
80 o.,i annr. tvssra annn,a ornor
tunity would exist for the visitor
to pass anything to the prisoner. !"
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McBain Refused Post.
Wallace A. McBain, retired Phil
adelphia fire battalion chief, was
appointed to the post on Septem-
Der 81 but later decided not to
accept it.
Redistribution Of the Olney
Theater tract was sought by C. Y.
otephens. VINO SAID ne wanted to
enlarge ana improve the theater
ana adjacent dormitory for visit
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