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off 3 Southland Pelted by Rain and State Official Reveals Illegal Payments of at Least $500,000 it. v. BY CHESTER G. HANSON, Times Staff Representative SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10 Asst.

Atty. Gen. Thomas Martin, in charge of investigating liquor license scandals, said today that his investigations indicated that between $500,000 and $1,000,000 had been paid "under the table" in Los Angeles County since 1952 to obtain liquor licenses. This was above the regular fee of $525 for each license, he V- FINAL DAILY, 10c Snow said. He estimated that between 500 and 600 licenses were "Some money was used to corrupt public officials," Martin said in response to a question.

He named no names in that connection. His statements were mada at a press conference called by Atty. Gen. Brown. Big Bonuses Paid The price paid for liquor licenses above the State fee ranged in Los Angeles County from $2500 to $7000, said Martin.

The Attorney General's office was looking into and had been told about not only scandals in connection with issuance of liquor licenses but also intolother forms of cor ruption in liquor law adminis trations such as: Permitting girls to operate in bars, for a price to soma State employees. Permitting other violations of the State liquor law for pay-offs to those in the State liquor administration, inspectors or others. Threatening to crack down on bar operators unless soma "juice" were forthcoming. In some quarters it was said that the money paid out by liquor license holders for "protection" in one form or another far exceeded that paid for securing liquor licenses. Making Real Effort In discussing the inability to find William G.

Bonelli, former member of the Board of Equalization, to serve a subpoena on him, Martin was asked about granting immunity to him in the event he were wanted for valuable testimony he might be able to give the authorities. There are provisions in the law for that but "we are not disposed at this time to apply the provisions to him at this Turn lo Puge 10, Column 8 1 IN FOUR PARTS from going up, the Fire Department reported. School system security offi cers noted that although most vandalism is of a malicious mischief nature, this was an outright attempt to destroy a school. The fine climaxed a week end in which marauders also Iran rampant at two high schools and a junior college. Two suspected juveniles, were nabbed at a third high Turn to Page 20, Column 1 a' weak spot in the body's main artery that leaked blood Harris was conscious to the time of his death.

His deficiencies in the three factors that cause blood clotting were further complicated by his blood type: rare B-neg-ative. Hundreds of volunteer don ors jammed the Wadley blood center to keep Harris alive The total amount of blood in his body was completely re placed more than 13 times. Last night, surgeons operated for five hours, while new blood was pumped into Harris' veins in a steady flow. boL-vAo re 4 Jri ed at 7 1 i 'I DISPUTE ENDS IN SLAYING Pasadena Det. Don Rodman, left, talks to William R.

Smith, 37, accused of killing his roommate, Donald R. Coombs, 20, in an argument over who would pay for a motorcycle. Story on Pago 11, Part 1 Ttmei photo Mountain Resorts Isolated Illustrated on Pag 3, Part I A storm lashed the South land with rain and snow early yesterday and the Weather Bureau reported the possibility that a new storm may move into the area this after noon. Showers in the mountain areas were predicted on the basis '5f a ship report of frontal activity last night 400 miles off the coast. Heavy rain drenched the Los Angeles area yesterday, principally during the early morning hours, bringing the city .88 inch to raise the sea son total to 4.89 inches.

Last year at this time 1.19 inches had fallen. Normal is 5.78. Surrounding Southland cities received more than an Rainfall Figure on Pag 2. Part I. inch of rain.

Pasadena report 1.61 inches; Arcadia, 1.64; Encino, 1.85; Beverly Hills, 1.30; La Canada, 1.38, and Glendale, 1.10. Hailstones pelted the city of San Fernando as the storm moved southeastward. The storm brought heavy snow to Southland mountains above the 2500-foot level. Mountain passes on arterial highways were plugged by snow during the early morn ing. Some resort areas were isolated as snowplows worked clearing main highways.

Ridge Route Closed Snow closed the Ridge Route sector of Highway 99 1:20 a.m. The highway remained closed for several hours between Castaic and Wheeler Ridge as snow depths of 10 inches were reported in places. Later in the mornijig, auto mobiles, trucks and busses with chains were allowed to proceed over the ridge and by midafternoon the Division of Highways reported traffic as normal. Snow fell in the downtown section of San Bernardino but melted as it fell. Cajon Pass was closed to traffic except passenger cars and light trucks with chains in the pre-Turn to Page 11, Column 4 FEATURES INDEX ASTROLOGY.

Page 13. Part 1. CLASSIFIED. Pages 7-21. Part 2.

COMICS. Page fi. Part 2. CROSSWORD. Page 21, Part 2.

DRAMA AND MUSIC. Pages 6. 7. 1'art 3. DR.

ALVAREZ. Page 13. Part 1. EDITORIAL. Pages 4, 5.

Part 2. F1VXNCIAL. Pages 18-21. Part 1. HOPPER.

Page 6. Pait 3. JUMBLE GAME. Page 9. Part 2.

POLYZOIDES. Page 7. Part 1. RADIO-TV. Page 24, Part 1.

SOUTHLAND. Page 5. Part 3. SPORTS. Following Page 24, Part 1 VITAL RECORD.

Page 25. Part 1. WEATHER. Page 25, Part 1. Intruder Starts Fire in Junior High School $3500 Blaze Investigated by Arson Squad; Vandals Enter Three Other Schools Here A predawn attempt to burn down Florence Nightingale Junior High School was under investigation by the Fire Department's arson squad yesterday, as school vandals chalked up one of their costliest week ends.

FUN FOR THE YOUNGSTERS Lucinda Lockshaw, 6, of of snow in preparation for making snowman at Red Box Ike Seeks Power to Cut Tariffs WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (JP) President Eisenhower asked Congress again today for power to lower tariffs 15 as part of a program to improve foreign trade and bulwark "the forces of freedom" in their struggle against Communism. "It is essential for the security of the United States and the rest of the free world," he said in a special message, "that the United States take the leadership in Txt of President' mossag a. Pag 6, Part I. promoting the achievement of those high levels of trade that will bring to all the economic strength upon which the freedom and security of all depend." Renewed Request As the President himself noted, the "moderate, gradual, reciprocal program" he proposed was largely a repetition of the one that got nowhere in the last Congress.

The heart of it is a renewed request to continue the ie-ciprocal trade agreements law for three years, with additional authority for the President to cut tariffs by 5 each year. Support came quickly to day from leaders of both par ties, although some influential members of Congress who have opposed the program in the past indicated they w'ould do so again. Among the latter was Rep. Reed (R) N.Y., Turn to Page 6, Column 6 CHIANG ISLES HIT BY 100 RED PLANES Chinese Communists Hurl Civil War's Greatest Air Strike at Tachens Group TAIPEI, Formosa, Jan. 10 (JP) At least 100 Chinese Red planes today pounded the Tachen Islands from dawn until late afternoon in the greatest air raid of the civil war, the Defense Ministry announced.

Loss from the fire was placed at $3300 by James W. Greenfield, city schools building estimator, Greenfield said a double classroom was extensively damaged by the blaze, which was started in the teacher's desk by somone who broke in through a window. A motorist passing by at 3:30 a.m. yesterday spotted smoKe ana names pouring from the school at 3311 Figueroa and his alarm prevented the entire building Norwalk, rolls up giant ball on Angeles Crest highway. Times photo Las Vegas Hotel Project Okayed By a Times Correspondent LAS VEGAS, Jan.

,10 Con struction of three more luxury hotels at a total cost of more than $33,000,000 was approved for Las Vegas tonight by the Clark County Planning Com mission. Approval was granted Frank F. Hofues, president of the National Hotel J. Carlton Adair and William J. Davies, all of the Los Angeles area, for the building of the proposed $7,100,000 Lady Luck Hotel as well as an hotel which will have a 2500-person capacity convention hall.

Another group. International Spa, represented by Las Vegas Attorney Homer Rissman, received permission to begin building a $15,000,000 hotel on the Tonopah Highway one mile north of the city limits. Both the Lady Luck and the unnamed convention hall hotel are planned for the Strip, where 'most of the town's splashy hostelries are, 3310,000 TEXAN DIES AFTER WEEK OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS nationalist defenders on the vital outpost islands 200 miles north of Formosa threw up fierce antiaircraft fire. They claimed two attackers were destroyed and two dam aged. There was no indication whether Nationalist planes were engaged.

Reds' Claims (Peiping radio heard in Tokyo said four naval vessels in Tachen Harbor were "destroyed or damaged" in the raid and insisted all attacking planes returned "safely from their successful mission." (Peiping said three mixed formations from the Chekiang Province front staged the raid but gave no hint of the total number of planes involved. Peiping reported one landing craft was destroved, a supply ship enveloped in flames and another landing craft and naval vessel damaged.) It was too early to say whether the air blows presaged an invasion which the Nationalists believe is bound to come. The Communists threw in- Turn to Page 26, Column 1 THE VEATHER U.S. Weather Bureau forecast: Partly cloudy today with scattered showers, mostly near the mountains. High temperature today 57.

Partly cloudy and little temperature change tomorrow. Highest temperature yesterday, 54; lowest, 45. LAST-MINUTE NEWS DALLAS, Jan. 10 UP) Hu-' bert Harris died today after a mighty struggle by doctors to keep blood in his leaking body. For a week, 160 pints of blood, five pints of blood plasma and numerous bottles of blood clotting preparations were pumped into the 47-year-old Dallas manufacturer.

This was believed a record for consecutive transfusions. An autopsy showed countless small hemorrhages under the intestine wall that caused innumerable little ulcers, all bleeding; a damaged liver, and 'DESERT LION' OF WORLD WAR II DIES ROME, Jan. 11 (Tuesday) (JP) Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, Italy's grizzled "Desert Lion" of World War II, died today at a Rome clinic where he was to have undergone an operation. He was 73..