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December 3, 1965

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Headlines from December 3, 1965

Fear That Administration Might Expand Conflict by Miscalculation; RISING RISK OF WAR WITH CHINA SEEN

By Max Frankel

some US sub-Cabinet officials and analysts fear US and Communist China are heading for direct clash that neither want; warn of continued and stepped-up US warfare, diversionary actions in other nations, miscalculation; urge Adm to consider possibility of direct Chinese intervention; Min Chen Yi warning, Mar, on Chinese intervention and Chinese domestic propaganda campaign revd

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QUILL THREATENS DEC. 15 WALKOUT ON TRANSIT LINES; Asserts Lindsay's Call for 'Good Faith' Bargaining Has Broken Contact CITY WILL SEEK A WRIT Union Chief Hints at Hunger Strike if Condon-Wadlin Act Jails Members QUILL THREATENS DEC. 15 WALKOUT

By Homer Bigart

Quill threatens to strike Dec 15, holds Lindsay's call for 'good faith' bargaining has broken contract; says he and union members will go on hunger strike if NYCTA seeks anti-strike injunction under Condon-Wadlin Act; derides Lindsay; Wagner indicates NYCTA will seek Kheel aid; Lindsay, Scannell comment

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3 Given Franchises To Provide Cables For Better City TV; 3 GET FRACHISES TO SELL TV CABLE

By Clayton Knowles

NYC Estimate Bd awards 2-yr experimental franchises for community antenna TV (CATV) service to Sterling Information Services, TelePrompter Corp and CATV Enterprises; service guaranteed to improve all reception; to be piped by wire directly into homes, eliminating outside interference; to cost $19.50 installation fee and $5 a mo service charge; must carry all NYC channels but cannot bring in others; must treat all stations on same basis; cannot be used for pay-TV; must give free service to hosps, Police and Fire Depts with special discounts to other city depts and agencies, some insts; to begin soon in Manhattan and Bronx; NYC reserves right to lower charges if profits exceed 7%; NY Telephone thwarted in move to delay award on grounds it, rather than Empire City Subway, should lay cables and make house connection

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 1, 1965, covering December 3, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Whipped Cream & Other Delights

    Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    30
  2. 2
    Album cover for My Name Is Barbra; Two... by Barbra Streisand

    My Name Is Barbra; Two...

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    38
  4. 4
    Album cover for Help! (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Help! (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  5. 5
    Album cover for !!Going Places!! by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    !!Going Places!!

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Andrew Stanton

1965Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter[†]

Andrew Ayers Stanton is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the Pixar animated films Finding Nemo (2003), WALL-E (2008), Finding Dory (2016), and the upcoming Toy Story 5 (2026). He also directed and co-wrote the live-action film John Carter (2012) for Walt Disney Pictures and directed the upcoming live-action film In the Blink of an Eye for Searchlight Pictures. For Pixar, Stanton was additionally the co-director and co-writer of A Bug's Life (1998), the co-writer of each of the Toy Story films (1995-present) and Monsters, Inc. (2001), and occasional voice actor for various films.

Katarina Witt

1965Katarina Witt, German figure skater and actress[†]

Katarina Witt is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. Her Laureus profile states that "she is remembered most for her overall athleticism, her charismatic appeal and her glamorous image on the ice."

Historical Events

Soviet Union

1965Soviet Union, Space probe of the Luna program, called Luna 8, is launched, but crashes on the Moon.[†]

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), it was a flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.

Historical Context for December 3, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]