Fmr. Assemblyman Arrested after Woman Run Over

Los Angeles - A prominent attorney and former Assemblyman, arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly running a car into a parking attendant before the USC football game, was free on bail today.

Walter Karabian, a Democrat who served four terms starting in 1966, was arrested in a Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum parking lot shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the sheriff's booking records.

Karabian, 71, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and released about 8:30 p.m. in lieu of $30,000 bail, a sheriff's deputy said.

What happened was not disclosed.

The parking attendant, who is female, was taken to a hospital, but her name and condition were unavailable early today.

Karabian was born in Fresno in 1938 and graduated from USC with a law degree. He became a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County and was elected to four terms, the first when he was 28. At age 33, he became the Assembly's youngest majority leader in history.

In 1975, he and a USC classmate, John Karns, created Karns & Karabian Law Firm.