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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1967
Page
19
A clean odorless fertilizer marketed as fast and inexpensive. It features a 25-12-10 formula rich in nitrogen and is claimed to produce deep, tight turf while fighting crabgrass and resisting browning in summer. The ad cautions against blowing the product away.
Readable notice lists business names and street addresses in Bridgeport Avenue Shelton and Main Street Trumbull Connecticut. The fragment suggests local commerce postings or directory-style entries for Heath Hardware and Danny’s Drive-In in 06454 and 06612 ZIP areas.
A three day Marine assault on Hill 861 near Khe Sanh left 37 U.S. Marines dead and 84 wounded as two detachments pressed toward the summit. The isolated hill near the Laos border resisted with heavy mortar and small arms fire, forcing a staged withdrawal while air and artillery pummeled the position. Capt. Michael Sayers reported brutal terrain hampering medevacs, and Lance Cpl. Cyril Zink described the battle as hell with heavy enemy fire and overwhelming odds. One prisoner from E Company, 6th Battalion, 8th Regiment, was captured during the engagement.
Fragmentary report describes Lance Cpl Michael Pitts and others in a rain soaked night scene. Wounded men carried, some dead wrapped in a handkerchief, others crying and fighting cold and hunger as they moved through the night.
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