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...Died. Woop (real name: William Wolpe), 54, German-born French political cartoonist (L'Aurore); of a coronary thrombosis; in Neuilly-sur-Seine...
There are strong rumors that another commercial station, Boston's WOOP, plans to break with the ABC network and broadcast classical music in the evenings. Louis Goldberg, music manager of WCOP, explained that his station was already running three hours of concert music a week. "We do some fine things," said Mr. Goldberg, "Not only Beethoven's Ninth, but his Fifth and Fourth!" He expressed a lukewarm desire to play more, but spent most of his time relating the hardships of the radio world, "You can't push any ads on a classical show, and places like Wally...
Meanwhile the Bow Street birdcage was shaken by the sudden illness of perennial hurler Clem Woop, stricken with an acute attack of two-line gagging. "I've got the inside track now," smirked Lionel (The Toy) Train, roundhouse-righthander, who vowed he had never been cornered...
...part of a combined initiation of candidates and celebration at the demise of the notorious Woop ring, and took the form of a pet show, band concert, parade and snowball fight on the steps of Widener. This last feature was unrehearsed and uncondensed by Chief of Yard Police Alvin Randall, who methodically began to collect Bursar's cards as his contribution...
After this, outgoing Boss Woop looked to his political patronage and called the parade. "The animals were getting cold and nervous," he explained, "and we didn't want any trouble with the SPCA...