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...Richard Hatcher...
...Richard Hatcher, 40, scratched his way through college and law school and, since beating his party's machine in 1967, has been the Democratic mayor of racially divided Gary, Ind. An important link between black politicians in North and South, Hatcher has run into problems in the grimy steel city: white animosity, an exodus of white businessmen and a lack of capital to develop downtown areas. But Hatcher-who easily won a second term and will probably run for a third -has involved ordinary citizens in Gary's administration, waged war against corruption in city hall...
Good Point. In the course of the Family war, the body count has run up to 22 within the past year and caused black Mayor Richard Hatcher to call on Washington for help. It has come largely from the newly formed offices of DALE (Drug Abuse Law Enforcement Agency). When Myles Ambrose, DALE'S national director, arrived in Gary last month, he described the situation as "bordering on civil anarchy." He was not far from wrong. The police department, which has, to say the least, a checkered history, has not done all it might to clean up Gary...
...protagonist, a young teacher named Phil Hatcher, is a compulsive player of horses, poker, craps - any ritual of chance on which he can stake his life or his rent money. His marriage goes, his career more or less disintegrates, but the "action" remains. Gambling - worked at, lovingly labored over, the Morning Telegraph studied with a Talmudic precision - becomes the last pure arena of sheer individualistic intellect: the mind in combat with the odds. Guetti's scenes at Aqueduct and Monmouth Park, at craps tables and poker parties, have a tense authenticity. Thousands of dollars roll in and out with...
Perhaps because he is a gambler himself, Author Guetti provides Hatcher with a complete metamorphosis from professor to high roller. When last seen he is heading south in a Cadillac for more action.-Lance Morrow