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...POTOCKI WODKA First produced by the aristocratic Potocki family in 1816, this is a liquor with a legacy. Made from Polish rye, it's distilled only twice and is unfiltered, letting it keep its nutty aroma and robust, chocolatey taste. ($60; www.potockivodka.com...
Died. Count Alfred Potocki, 71, once Poland's No. i aristocrat, brother of Count Jerzy Potocki (onetime-1936-40-Polish Ambassador to the U.S.); in Geneva. In Poland's pre-World War II twilight, Potocki liked to entertain visiting royalty at the family's lavishly furnished Lancut Castle, which is now a Communist rest center...
When the Soviet army came rolling to the village of Morawice, near Cracow, in World War II, the Russians grandly parceled out the big estates (formerly owned by Count Potocki and the Duke of Radziwill) among the local peasants. But before the peasants could quite get used to their happy new condition, the Communist Party workers moved into Morawice, urged that they merge their holdings into Soviet-type collective farms. When the .peasants hesitated, the Communists turned the economic screws, demanded larger deliverfes of corn, milk and potatoes. More in the spirit of Poland's traditional agricultural "circles" than...
Talent Scout. In Chicago, Lawrence I. Lowell, 35, sued his ex-fiancée, Mrs. Rose Cichon Potocki, 28, for $2,500, to cover expenses of his courtship and reimbursement for some of the time devoted to her "which could have been used seeking wife material...
...Even in adversity the Potocki's always cherished the arts. Wrote Countess Anna Potocka, a contemporary of Marie Antoinette: "When we had no money we sold our diamonds to buy marbles and bronzes...