Word: kamm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first time since Publisher Joseph Pulitzer endowed the awards in 1917, three were given to staffers of a single newspaper, the New York Times. Correspondent Henry Kamm, 52, won the international reporting prize for articles on the plight of Vietnamese refugees. Columnist William Safire, 48, and a bestselling novelist (Full Disclosure), was cited for his pieces on Bert Lance's financial dealings. Walter Kerr, 64, was singled out for his urbane theater criticism...
Correspondents have become involved in other ways since the recent massacres of Vietnamese civilians. After viewing scores of bodies floating down the Mekong River, New York Timesman Henry Kamm and London Timesman Fred Emery each called on a high official in the Cambodian government. They implored him to call off the slaughtering and pointed out that, apart from anything else, the killings were not helping his government's cause. The official promised an investigation...
...officials have a point. Many correspondents recognize that they are treading on delicate ground, and that one misstep could result in expulsion. But for the moment they seem willing to take that risk if it means saving some lives. "What we are doing," says Kamm, "is what the Western embassies should be doing but aren...