Born. To Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter, 39, former middleweight boxer whose conviction for murdering three men in a tavern in 1966 became a cause celebre, and Mae Thelma Carter, 37: their second child, first son; in Paterson, NJ. Name: Raheem Rubin. Carter and his co-defendant John Artis won the right to a new trial last March but were found guilty again on Dec. 21.

Married. James Dickey, 53, poet and novelist (Deliverance) of the South; and Deborah Dodson, 25, his former student; he for the second time, she for the first; in Columbia, S.C. Dickey's first wife died Oct. 29. Of his second, he said: "She restored me."

Seeking Divorce. Herman Talmadge, 63, Democratic Senator from Georgia since 1957; from Leila Elizabeth Talmadge, 53; after 35 years of marriage, two children.

Seeking Divorce. Marie Louise Weicker; from Republican Senator Lowell Weicker Jr., of Connecticut, 45, who served on the 1973 Senate Watergate committee; after 23 years of marriage, three children.

Died. Philip A. Hart, 64, Democratic Senator from Michigan who, in his 18 years on Capitol Hill, became known as "the conscience of the Senate"; of cancer; in Washington. Hart was sponsored in politics by his University of Michigan Law School classmate, G. Mennen Williams, under whom he served two terms as Lieutenant Governor. After his election to the Senate, Hart was alternately attacked and applauded for his progressive leadership. He served as floor manager for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 1968 Civil Rights Act, as a sponsor of almost every major consumer bill, and as a vocal advocate of federal antitrust legislation. Called the "liberal's liberal," he had a gentle good humor and moral integrity that won him the admiration of his most conservative foes. Hart did not run for re-election this fall because of ill health and because, he said, Washington needed new faces and new ideas. In a rare tribute, his fellow Senators expressed their esteem by voting to name their new Senate office building for him. Said Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield: "He was the best one of the last 25 years."

Died. Marion Rombauer Becker, 74, co-author (with her late mother Irma Rombauer) of Joy of Cooking, America's bible of the kitchen; of cancer; in Cincinnati. Twelve editions of Joy have guided millions of cooks in such divergent intricacies as skinning a beaver tail and creating a successful souffle since the work was first published in 1931.

Died. Alex Rose, 78, leader of New York State's Liberal Party; of cancer; in Manhattan. Rose's political involvement stemmed from his activity in the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, where for 26 years he served as president. Four decades ago, Rose co-founded the American Labor Party; when it began to take on a Communist tint in 1944, he and other union leaders created the rival Liberal Party. The actual vote on the Liberal line was never large, but it was big enough to sway many elections. Republicans such as John Lindsay and Democrats Averell Harriman, Robert Wagner, John Kennedy, Daniel Moynihan and Jimmy Carter were all grateful recipients of Liberal endorsement. Rose liked to claim that his party existed only to advance good government, but he once acknowledged: "Frequently, when you do what is right, it turns out to be also very clever."

Died. Main R. Bocher, 86, whose simple, subtle couture designs influenced modern fashion for 40 years; of emphysema; in Munich. Bocher (the Christian name came from his mother's Scottish family) grew up on the West Side of Chicago. He remained in Paris after fighting in World War I, became editor of the French Vogue, then set up the Mainbocher salon in 1930. Among his innovations were the introduction of short evening dresses and of decorated cardigan sweaters. Mainbocher's creations graced Wallis Warfield Simpson at her marriage to the Duke of Windsor, as well as millions of WAVES and Girl Scouts, whose uniforms he fashioned.

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