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llll. Vll.WTA (INMIH HON, Tl.ur.., May 31, 1973 VINTAGE GKM'E AUCTION 1 Wine Tasters Swirl, Sniff Sip and Spit ml j. am ii i lmmllmlmillllmmmmmmmmmmmmm lplL Tokay Essence, which was situated on the head table reserved for the very finest. The tasters rushed to the table and held their glasses high under McNally's bottle, as if taking communion, and McNally absolved them with dollops of the Tokay. "A taste of honey," one of the tasters murmured.

"It's elegant. The only word for it is elegant," another said. Mayor Sam Massell showed up, had a sip of what appeared to be Bouchard Pere Fils vintage burgundy, pronounced it good with a nod of his head, and left. A handful of policemen were stationed strategically around the room to see that a sneaky taster did not sneak off with a bottle or two for home consumption. The enthusiasm of the participants extended to the use of tape recorders into which they whispered their reactions on every taste.

The auction Thursday received its buildup earlier this spring in four different tastings, not counting the one in Atlanta, in New York, Dallas, San Francisco and Long Beach, Calif. The bidders have come from throughout the country, and others have offered bids by mail or telephone for the Thursday event. The annual Heublein auction in 1972 brought in a total sale of $260,335. There were "satelite" tables in the arts center set up with less expensive wine for the novice tasters. Elaine Kleeman explained, and they too were receiving their share of business.

There appeared to be a few novices in the room, but only one was over heard to admit it. "To tell you the truth," he said, swirling his glass of the Bordeaux in an imitation of the best technique, "I'm more used to the Boone's Farm." By HENRY WOODHEAD The ones who had come to do business sighted through glasses held aloft. sniffed, swirled and gargled and then spit. The ones who were there for the joy that was in it simply bellied up to the table and gulped. "You can tell who knows wines.

If they approach it correctly, they know what they're doing. If they just gulp, they're here to drink," said Elaine Kleeman. a spokesman for the Wine Companies of Heublein which Thursday will auction approximately a half-million dollars of the vintage grape. Preceding the auction of wine was the tasting. Tables at the Atlanta Memorial Arts Center were loaded down Wednesday with 144 different wines of the quality not carried at the food convenience store around the corner.

The tasting allowed the bidders assurance that they would not be buying vinegar. Among the some 30,000 bottles up for sale was the wine cellar of the decommissioned ocean liner Queen Mary; the cellar of the defunct New York French restaurant Le Pavilion; and a 12-ounce bottle of 1727 Ruede-slieimer Apostelwein, the oldest German wine in existence. The presence of such quality was not lost on the tasters gathered before the tables arranged four square in the arts center. They approached the old green bottles with some reverence smelling and sipping gingerly and then depositing the mouthful in sawdust-filled containers to their rear. The spitting is a necessary part of the procedure.

After an extended session, the taster who did not spit would have his taste buds in such disarray that they couldn't tell Staff Photos Dwight Rosa Jr. THEY WILL BOTH BE AT THE BIG WINE AUCTION THURSDAY Fred Bradshaw (L) and Ted Theodore at Arts Center Preview "He's opening the essence," someone whispered. Alexander C. McNally, lieu-blein's international wine was indeed about to pop the cork on a bottle of Hungarian the difference between a burgundy and a Moselle. Also, it's best not to get tipsy while trying to decide which wines deserve the big money, Mrs.

Kleeman indicated. SAMPLING A 1959 CHATEAU MARGAUX Margaret Binford Reacts With a Smile Ousted Board Lawyer Blames Politics in Cobb ZT ZT WE'LL GIVE YOU A 5-PC. SET OF jj colonial mmf rfrfrjOfM tulip glassware MllSjj yr llAila GUS tJT (jAiAJffr sb z. pttcmr pius4.ib tumblers IJj "the more for your moneysworth store" When you charge $10 or more in jAriJ the state Supreme Court was "presumptuous." "I don't know anybody who can dictate to that commission which is a pretty good cross section of the state," he said. Ingram would not.

comment on Willingham's statement. By DAVID MORRISON The Cobb County Board of Education decision to switch lawyers has touched off a minor furor in which the deposed attorney claims the change was a scheme con-t rived by his political enemies. Harold Willingham, who has handled the school district's $15,000 per year legal services for two decades, was removed last week by a 4-1 vote of the school board. In his place the firm of former Superior Court Judge G. Conley Ingram was retained.

The switch came on the eve of a $16.5 million bond issue which the district will put before voters this fall, an action which could net the law firm handling the account another $25,000 in legal fees, a school district spokesman said. "They (the school board) don't give a damn who they get to represent um just as long as they get rid of me," Willingham said Wednesday. Willingham, a Democrat, praised Ingram, who is also prominent in Democratic circles for his legal skills. But the school board attorney charged that the former judge was being used by the Republican hierarchy in the county to place school board legal work in the hands of the defeated Republican candidate for district attorney, Richard Still. Still will join Ingram's law firm on June 1, Ingram said.

Willingham stated that Gov. Jimmy Carter "is already committed to appoint" Ingram a justice on the state Supreme Court this summer after the retirement of Justice Peyton Hawes. "He (Ingram) is being used as a pre-arranged conduit to deliver the school board attorneyship to the defeated darling of the Republican heir-archy for on-the-job training." Willingham said. A spokesman for Gov. Carter said Tuesday that no arrangements had been made to appoint Ingram to the high court.

He explained that the governor, if such a vacancy should occur, would pick a judge from a list of five names supplied by the state Commission on Appellate Judicial Selection, 'which is headed by Atlanta city attorney Henry Bowden. Ingram's name was on the list supplied by the commission when the last court vacancy occurred but he was not selected. "Are you sure he (Ingram) would even be interested?" governor's spokesman asked. "I think he stepped down (from the Superior Court bench) because he wanted to get into private practice." Ingram, who declined seek reelection in 1968, said Tuesday that neither statement was totally accurate. He said no arrangement for an appointment to the high court had been made but also stated his interest.

"For any lawyer who is as interested in his profession as I am, it would be difficult to turn down an appointment to serve on the bench," he said. He added, however, that stating a desire to serve on "He (Willingham) did a good job for the school board and I have no ax to grind with Ingram said. Board member W.O. Smitha cast the dissenting vote against firing Willingham and retaining Ingram. He claimed that under Willingham's advisement school board never lost a case.

Board member John Frye abstained. The board acted on the mat-t at its regular meeting Thursday night after discussing it in a secret personnel session earlier. Willingham was dropped and so was the month-to-month retainer agreement. Ingram's firm was retained for a full year at $100 per month, which covers a lawyer's attendance at two board meetings per monlh. and it will in addition be paid normal fees for actual legal services.

Willingham charged that the switch was engineered by the three Republican members on the board "to placate a few political soreheads, professional meddlers and lifelong detractors of mine and their ilk." "The people of Cobb County have been afforded an intimate glimpse of the application of 'the Watergate Principle of Republican politics in local government at the local level clandestine, partisan and unconscionable," he said. WHILE QUANTITIES LAST! BIG SUMMER SAVINGS! ytU 996 1166 I BRILLIANT BIKINIS TEENY-WEENY BIKINIS I SUNBATHE 'N' SWIM! TAKE TO THE BEACHES! Fully cotton-lined two-piece Teeny-weeny price- you can't bikinis plunge Into the spray! resist! Little bikinis take I Dazzling collection of acrylics easycare cottons, and ruffles I I with all the frills young misses and trims, and color' them' I Pjj-iii love. Beachwear sizes 8-14. super-bright! Sizes 4 to 6x. YOUNG MEN'S II 88 f' 4 PRINT SWIM JAM XSC I Island prints in way-out 'SS1 TTrCOpSS Sljmer COtt0n Sate0n 0P" State Banks $379 Million, Gets $13 Million Interest PRICE CUT! QSr trast piping.

Men's S-M-U-XL Of the total deposits, $21.1 million is pro rated to 430 depositories at a low 4.50 per cent interest rate. But the state makes its interest income on the larger deposits, for which various banking interests make bids. The bulk, $137.7 million, is spread throughout the state on 180 to 200-day investments at By MILO DAKIN Th State of Georgia has a record $379.9 million in public funds drawing interest on time deposits, it was revealed Wednesday. This series of deposits, the most ever banked at one time by the state, represents almost 25 per cent of the 1973-74 state budget of $1.6 billion. The man responsible for banking state funds, G.

W. Ilogan of the Division of Administration, estimates the state will make $13.2 million in interest Income this year. The Interest Income for last year was $8.5 million, Hogan said. Under governmental reorganization, all state funds not scheduled for immediate expenditure are banked by the Division of Administration. Formerly, the various departments handled their own deposits, and this led in the past to serious political fights between banks seeking large deposits.

Hogan says that state policy now prevents this. "No bank has state money that'? more than 10 per cent of its total deposits," he explains. "Wc didn't let anybody go into the banking business on our money." Hogan said the fund, deposited at various time intervals depending on future need, are being held In every "approved depository" in the state. DASHING NYLON V7 MATCH-MATES 1 YOUR CNOICI YCl a 6.81 per cent interest rate, Hogan said. The other amounts, length A.

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T. Cunt Mot 6.54 per cent. 90 to 179 days, $26.3 million, 5.98 per cent. 201 to 365 days, $99.07 million, 6.51 per cent. "The deposits are pretty much geared to when we're going to need the money," said Hogan.

"Wc simply try to keep as much invested as we can." He attributed the record deposits to appropriated but unspent revenue sharing funds and a large surplus from last year. Expenditure of these funds will start with the new fiscal year beginning July 1. 180 Market Square Carti'fsville 5766 Buford Highway Doravillc 2732 Candler Road Decatur 4S70 Memorial Drive Deralur HONOLULU, Hawaii UP) Three persons were killed and one reported missing after fire destroyed a two-story rooming house here lute Monday night, police said. The dead, whose bodies were found in the collapsed remains of the old wood frame structure, were not immediately identified. Police and fire department investigators were sifting through the charred remains of the rooming house Tuesday for the missing resident, one of about 30 who lived there, officials said.

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