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...poll conducted for The Boston Globe last week placed three candidates--David I. Finnegan, Raymond L. Flynn, and Melvin H. King--in a dead heat, and two others--Dennis J. Kearney '72 and Lawrence S. DiCara '71--more than 10 percentage points behind, in the eight person field...
...whom former School Committee President David I. Finnegan and City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn are considered favorites--offered even less excitement. Former State Representative Melvin H. King reached out to gays, women, the poor, and Blacks--whom he termed the "niggers" of Boston. Suffolk County Sheriff Dennis J. Kearney called for opening the door to City Hall and banishing crime from the streets, presumably enhancing his good-guy image, Flynn copped an FDR line, offering the observation that the role of government is to help those who can't help themselves--which prompted one member of the press...
...from city employees and developers. White out-fundraised and out-campaigned the opposition. The prospects for a similar coup this year are improving. Finnegan, one of the latest entrants into the race, started his campaign already about $70,000 in debt from past efforts and of the rest, only Kearney has proven his ability to raise more than token contributions from East Boston pensioners...
...eight candidates present were former Boston City Councilor Lawrence S Dicara '71, former School Committee President David I Finnegan, Boston City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn, Suffolk Country Sheriff Dennis J. Kearney '72, former MBTA manager Robert R Kiley, former State Rep. Melvin H King, Boston City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn, Suffolk County Sheriff Dennis J. Kearney '72, former MBTA manager Robert R Kiley, former State Rep. Melvin H. King, Boston City Councilor Frederick Langone, and Socialist Workers' Party candidate Eloise Langer...
...Kearney predicts that Black Rep. Harold Washington's victory in last week's well-publicized Chicago mayoral election will encourage an increased minority voter turnout that will benefit state Rep. Melvin H. King, the only Black in the Boston field. But he doubts that the Hub will replay the Chicago scenario. "Boston is a different city than Chicago in terms of demographics," he explains, adding, "I don't have any reason to believe that this campaign will take on those racial dimensions...