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...unexplained postponement of the trial for the murder of George Polk by the Greek government forced his brother, William R. Polk '51, to shelve temporarily plans for his late December flight to Greece...
...government tabled the trial until "after February 1," permitting Polk to return to College for reading and exam periods...
...Polk had expected to leave for Greece during the vacation with Contantine Poulos of the Nation on funds raised by a newsmen's group established to investigate the murder of George Polk, liberal Columbia Broadcasting System correspondent whose body was found in Salonika Bay last...
Before vacation, Polk had obtained from the Board of Deans permission to delay his exams and to take a leave of absence for the spring term if he returned after February...
...Polk could give no reason for the last-minute postponement of the trial, but said that the delay might give the newsmen a chance to raise enough additional money to send John Donovan of the National Broadcasting Company, who was a close friend of George Polk, as a third member of the expedition...