The Michigan Daily Vol. XCII, No. 54-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, August 4, 1982 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Politck pushes economic diversity Last summer, state Sen. Edward Pierce dropped his re-election bid in order to enter the gubernatorial primary. Since then, four Democratic candidates have cam- paigned for his 18th District seat, which encompasses nearly all of Washtenaw County. Next Tuesday's primary will decide which of these Democrats will face Republican Roy Smith-running uncontested in his primary-in November's general election. This is the first in a four-part series profiling the candidates and their individual solutions to the problems plaguing Michigan. By BILL SPINDLE As ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment became an issue to state legislators this year, one thing became painfully obvious-there were no women in the state Senate: Lana Pollack, 18th District state Senate candidate, hopes to change that by emerging on top in next week's Democratic primary. BUT WHILE holding strong views on feminism, Pollack has been cautious about being labeled a one-issue can- didate. Because of her personality, commitment, and experience, she is the best candidate-regardless of sex-to inherit Democrat Ed Pierce's seat in Lansing, Pollack said during a recent interview. "I never know how much to em- phasize this (being a female conten- der). I get conflicting advice-'play it up, don't play it up, they'll think that's the only reason to elect you,'-that's not the only reason to elect me, I'm highly qualified," Pollack said. Pollack, a former chairperson of the Ann Arbor Democratic party and for- mer member of the Ann Arbor school board, is stressing economic diversification in her first bid for state office. The cornerstone of Pollack's vision for recovery of the state's, ailing economy is an all-out effort to diversify Michigan business and industry. She See POLLACK, Page 5 Doily Photo by ELIZABETH SCOTT 'DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Lana Pollack, attempting to break into the all- male state Senate, supports industrial diversification for the state in her 18th District primary race. U.N. prepares to monitor Mideast crisis From The Associated Press The United Nations prepared to deploy truce . observers in Beirut yesterday, as Israel flew divebombing raids over the Lebanese capitol. Meanwhile, the United States urged Israel not to attack west Beirut, but served notice that while it can influence events there, "we cannot, ultimately, control them." U.N. SECRETARY General Javier Perez de Cuellar said in a report to the Security Council that U.N. military ob- servers based in the Beirut area were sent to the PLO office in west Beirut yesterday. U.N. personnel travelling from southern Lebanon to Beirut to serve as observers were stopped by Israeli troops the day before. The report said military observers attached to the U.N. Truce Supervision Organization already in the capital had been formed into an Observer Group. Beirut (OGB) to monitor the cease-fire. But the Israeli army's cooperation still was needed before the group could establish observation posts on both sides of the frontline and carry out patrol duties, it said. Lebanon and the PLO approved a council resolution Sunday calling for a cease-fire and U.N. observers in Beirut. Israel said the matter could not be discussed until tomorrow when the Cabinet was scheduled to meet after Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir returns from a trip to Washington. THE ISRAELIS moved scores of tanks, armored personnel carriers, and artillery pieces up to the gates of the guerrilla enclave, and the Lebanese government said because of Israel's nine-day-old blockade there was no flour left to make bread for west Beirut's half-million civilian residents. Israeli jets drew barrages of anti-air- craft fire as they thundered in at mid- afternoon- to stage rapid mock divebombing assaults for the first-time since Sunday evening, when another cease-fire was called. It was the ninth since Israel invaded Lebanon June 6 to crush Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization. Shortly before midnight, Israeli for- ces began pounding west Beirut with artillery, rockets and navy bombar- See U.N., Page 4 Stars and stripes Donica Glisovic and Slavka Savic demonstrate their technique of taking down the flag yesterday on the Diag.