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...that has all changed now. Joseph Kennedy Jr. was persuaded not to run for treasurer and the rumors about an indictment of Crane faded. Somehow, all of Crane's personal connections with banks doing business with the state have not come back to haunt the incumbent, as many expected. Instead, Crane has had some success in stressing improvements in the treasurer's office...
...Crane is a politician of the old school--good to his cronies and cheery with the electorate (he sings and pals around with Bobby Orr). Renomination is a likely...
Boston City Council President Lawrence S. DiCara '71, Crane's principal opponent in the primary, is a familiar figure on the local scene, though less well-known to voters elsewhere in the state...
DiCara is ambitious, and he never thought much of Crane, especially after the incumbent offered his help if DiCara would only get out of the race and run for secretary of state...
...charging Crane with squandering the taxpayers' money by running a sloppy office and depositing Massachusetts money in out-of-state banks--not to mention a number of other alleged irregularities--DiCara is trying to create the image of an incompetent treasurer...