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Show Scanning Tlie World News Lodge Hits Viet Cong Compiled From Associated Press SAIGON, South Viet Nam 'Mounting Communis Viet Conjt terrorism gave this Vietnamese capfral the jitters Sunday II S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge denounced the Viet Cong tactic as murderous and revolting to civilized people everywhere. Lodge made the statement after narrowly missing invulv ment in a grenade attack that injured eight Americans and one Vietnamese on a street near the Communist -sabotaKrd U S aircraft air-craft ferry Card on Saturday night. HAVANA Western diplomats believe Pnme Minister 1 nl-l Castro will steer clear of a showdown with the 1,'nited St.H- over American reconnaissance flights for at least several nv,lhs There is a virtual guarantee against a Rrave incident prior to the VS. presidential election in election in November, th.: observers say. In the meantime, Castro is exp.-cted to carry Ins prod-. is against the surveillance flights to the United Nations. Mart. nc with the Security CounciL WASHINGTON Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona over th' weekend widened his lead in The Assorted Press poll of d.-lr Mtes to the Republican presidential nominating convention Goldwater picked up 24 voter 22 of Ihm coming fiorn Georgia. Sunday s AP figures give Goldwater 206 with GDo needed for the nomination. |