Thursday, April 29, 1971
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Ex-KU miler to seek House seat
By JIM COBB
By SIM COBI Staff Writer
Wes Santee, a newly announced candidate for state representative from the 46th district, says he is definitely a "flag-waving type of person."
Santee, 44, is a 1956 University of Kansas graduate and former international track star. He announced yesterday that he would seek the Republican nomination for the seat left vacant after the retirement of State Peter, John Bower, R-MoLouth, this year.
The 46th district includes most of Jefferson and part of Leavenworth counties. Although Santee has lawrence business and real estate interests, he lives at Lake Dabinawa, 11 miles north of Lawrence in Jefferson County.
He is president of Hayes-Richardson-
Santee Insurance Agency.
Santee said he planned to do extensive campaigning in the district to listen to people's opinions about state issues and representation.
HE SAID he considered himself a con-
dition of strong feelings about a number of issues.
"I feel very strongly about our country," said. "I don't believe people should get away."
Santee he thought his business and burning experience would be helpful to him.
"Almost everybody up there is a working person," he said. "They do an hour's work for an hour's pay and they expect everyone else to do so too."
He said many people in Jefferson County were concerned about the effect tourists at Perry Reservoir were having on the county. Other issues that concern the district, he said, are teacher- and school-related problems, transportation, support for farmers, reductions in the work loads and district sizes of judges in rural areas.
SANTEE SAID the fact that he worked in lawrence shouldn't affect his representation.
"About half of Jefferson County probably works outside the county," he said. "I'm a taxpayer up there and that's what they are concerned about."
The commission refused to fire York. Santee then contacted the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., Topeka and Kansas City, Mo.
THE INCIDENT attracted national attention when camera crews from CBS and NBS news came to Lawrence to interview York.
In the spring of 1975, Santee, as a representative of the Marine Reserve Officers Association, assigned the Lawrence City Commission to fire Jim York, a former nurse who returned here from Canada and was participating in a national amnesty program.
Work worked in the city parks and recreation department and his job was funded through the Comprehensive Emphasis Program (CTAP), a federal job opportunity program.
York quit his $2.69-an-hour city job the
On March 20, the state manpower planning division ruled that York couldn't work in the CTEJA job he was participating in the amnesty program. As a participant in the program, it said, he couldn't work in a job for which there were other qualified applicants.
Headquarters study shows 1975 suicide rate doubled
In 1975 almost twice as many people considering suicide called Headquarters, a community crisis center in Lawrence, than had called the center in 1974.
The total number of received calls increased about 9 per cent from 7,752 in 1981 to 8,603 in 1984.
A report recently issued by Headquarters says that in 1974 the center received 82 calls from people consideringicide. In 1975 the number was 151.
Condon said that suicides and suicide attempts increased nationally when the death rate was lower.
"When people can't find a job, then they sometimes use alcohol and barbiturates," he said. "This brings them down lower and makes them contemplate suicide."
According to a book entitled "Suicide," by Earl A. Frollman, "The rate of suicide soars during periods of economic depression."
Kirk Condon, a volunteer at Headquarters, said there sometimes was a correlation between suicide attempts and trouble in the suicide calls he received.
HE SAID THAT these people often had family responsibilities and problems and that often their wives or girl friends were also unable to find work.
About three times as many women as men attempt suicide, but men succeed more.
"Some see suicide as the only solution and it flat out," he said. "Others keep it up."
"One woman called up and asked 'How many of these pills do I have to take to kill myself?'" he said. "I had another volunteer look up the information while I talked to her and found out her situation. We talked for about two hours."
CONDON SAID he thought that no one we had contacted Headquarters, and three we had received.
In cases where the caller doesn't explicitly say he is considering suicide, the volunteer has to watch out for phrases like "life isn't worth living." Condon said.
The volunteer will try to draw out the caller's intention and may even ask him whether he has thought of killing himself, he said.
Although Headquarters hasn't made a specific breakdown, Condon said, the ages of those considering suicide was about 18 and people between 18 to 25 and middle-aged people.
The largest single group of calls received by Headquarters, the report says, was from people who were lonely. Of the total number received in 1973, 847 were in this category.
At the time of the incident, Santee said that he had no grudge against York and that he asked for York's ouster because he had been asked to do so.
SOME OF THESE people call once a week, others call several times a week and a third group only calls once. "when their friends are coming down around them," Condon said.
same day and left Lawrence, blaming Santee for his removal.
"A lot of people could have done it, but I
wanted to be honest. The time." I am
harmed by the accent the lawyer
SANTEE SAID yesterday he had no reebrets about his part in the controversy.
"Basically, they just want to talk about anything. about life in general." he said.
"I’m firmly convinced I did the right thing," he said. "If you play the game, you have to follow the rules. The rules were violated in hiring him. I have nothing personally against him. I didn't even know him."
Before receiving a B.S. in education from KU, Sante gained national fame as a trackman and participated in the 1,500-mile race at the 1932 Olympics at Helsinki, Finland.
The Headquarters "hot-line" is open 24 hours a day and can be reached by calling 841-2345.
Originally from Ashland, Santee caught Kansas' attention and earned the nickname, the "Ashland Antelope," after breaking Glenn Cunningham's state high school record mile with a run of 4:26 while he was a high school senior.
NATION THE outstanding athlete of the 27th annual Kansas Relays in 1982, Santee was regarded as one of the world's top millers. He was considered one of the likely prospect to break four-minute best performance in the 30 Texas Relays when he clocked a 4:00.5
In 1956, however, Santee's hopes for further competition were dashed when he
was banned for life from amateur sports by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
The AAU charged him with taking too much expense money and said he should be advised not to do so.
Santee sought a permanent injunction against the suspension, which rendered him ineligible for competition in the 1966 Olympics, from a New York state court.
The court ruled against him.
LAST YEAR, Sante was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. He has received awards from two presidents for his work in physical fitness programs and has been a running instructor for the Kansas City Royals.
Santee served two years' active duty in the United States Marine Corps and is now a lieutenant colonel and a national official and director of the Marine Corps Reserves.
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