Giscard Holds Slim Lead In French Presidential Race
Incumbent Valery Giscard d Estaing led Francois Mitterrand by about 600000 votes in the first round with a 2.02 point edge, as runoff set for May 10. Chirac backed Giscard and the Communist Central Committee planned a reaction, while Marchais blamed both right and Socialists for political gridlock and anticipated left regrouping.
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Poor laborers used at Tsuruga nuclear cleanup
In Tsuruga, Japan, the Fukui Shimbun reports that unemployed men were hired as dangerous laborers to clean up radioactive waste at the Tsuruga power plant. Sub-contractors say workers from lodging houses were used only when radiation exceeded safe levels, with wages undisclosed for January and March.
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