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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 11 -- Dave Alexander, a fullback, scored two touchdowns and passed for a third today as East Carolina gained a 31-0 victory over Maine in the 20th annual Tangerine Bowl game.
This is the day of decision in the National Football League. In the Western Conference, the Colts and Packers will fight over first place at Baltimore while the Giants and Redskins will battle for second place in the Ester Conference at Washington.
speculation on role IT&T pres-chmn Geneen will play in ABC activities
US expected to grant Turkish request for $3.5-million loan to buy equipment to extend birth control program to rural areas
US begins emergency construction of more mil installations in Thailand to cope with any expansion at war; new facilities will add to US ability to strike N Vietnam supply routes in Laos and to land more troops to counter Chinese invasion; other details; map
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 8, 1965, covering December 12, 1965.
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Barbra Streisand
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Various Artists
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1965Russell Batiste Jr., American funk and R&B drummer (died 2023)[†]
David Russell Batiste Jr. was an American drummer based in New Orleans. Batiste played drums for the bands the funky Meters, Papa Grows Funk, and Vida Blue.
1965Will Carling, English rugby union player[†]
William David Charles Carling is an English former rugby union player. He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times. Under his captaincy, England won Five Nations Grand Slams in 1991, 1992 and 1995, and reached the 1991 World Cup final.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]