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Larry DiCara, Harvard '71, guessed exactly where he would finish in last, week's City Council primary before returns had come in from a fifth of the wards. While his Campaign manager, Bill Guenther '72, scribbled results on tallysheets. DiCara told a well-wisher that he would finish between 12th and 15th, safely above the cutoff point of 18th. "It all depends on the black community," he added thoughtfully...
...career at stake, his friends and workers gathered to watch the numbers come trickling in. DiCara was having the time of his life--as he clearly had had during the entire campaign. Around him were the key people in his all-volunteer campaign staff: his sister, Jenny DiCara. Guenther, his campaign manager, crouched over the phone barking figures and winking at faces in the crowd with some of Larry's own elan. Chip Moore, another Harvard student who worked full time during the summer, his area leaders, his pollworkers, his family and neighbors...
...ideal situation from our point of view would be 17 old hacks and Larry." Guenther said before the returns were counted. "So we would like to see the other young newcomers get knocked...
...nervous about him. Lynch has the endorsement of the Citizens for Participation Politics, and the Massachusetts Legislative Council on Older Americans and DiCara--already endorsed by the Americans for Democratic Action--is angling to get both of these endorsements for the November election. "He's not a good speaker," Guenther said, "but he's well-known...
Despite the odds, DiCara and Guenther are optimistic about November. "The big question is money," Guenther said. "Larry's a terrific speaker. If we can get him on TV and radio--let people see and hear him--then I think we can do it." Guenther calculates they need $15,000 to have a chance. He is searching for funds among the fat cats now, promising them that Larry has a chance and that a new revamped campaign staff will given an even better effort for November: a full-time fundraiser and a full-time press aide, more volunteers now that...