The MWichigan Daily Vol. XCII, No. 56-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, August 6, 1982 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Eckstein: Senate bid worth paycut This is the third in a four-part, series profiling the Democratic can- didates running for the 18th District state Senate seat. The primary elec- tion will be held next Tuesday. By BILL SPINDLE Why would a successful economist want to take a pay cut and enter the state legislature at a time when so many problems plague Michigan? That is the question Peter Eckstein has been asked repeatedly since he announced plans to run for the 18th District state Senate seat. Eckstein, however, says he feels that now is a good time to become involved in state government. He thinks there currently is an opportunity to try in- novative solutions to the state's pressing problems. "THERE ARE chances to address real problems and to do things that would have- been unthinkable three years ago," Eckstein said recently. "You can do them now because you have to do them now." Presently an economist and research director for the United Auto Workers, and formerly an economics teacher at the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University, Eckstein would like to widen the state's economic base by expanding its energy-extraction equipment industry. Eckstein's plan includes increasing production of deep-drilling equipment for oil and natural gas, equipment to convert coal into natural gas, and even wind and solar energy equipment. "THOSE THINGS are machinery of the sort we are very accustomed to making in Michigan," he said. "We've got the people who know how to take a sheet or a rod of metal and convert it in- to a machine." "I would like to see us use those unemployed resources, those empty factories and unemployed workers and try to push them back to work making hardware for the energy industry," he added. See ECKSTEIN, Page 5 Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON PETER ECKSTEIN, 18th District state Senate candidate, advocates expan- ding the state's energy equipment industry. U.S. asks Israel to retreat From The AssociatedPress Thousands of panicky families fled west Beirut yesterday and the United States stepped up efforts to evacuate the PLO. Israeli jets flew mock divebom- bing raids and tanks dug in near guerrilla camps at the start of the third month of the invasion. The Reagan administration, apparently shifting its policy for a cease-fire in place, called on Israel to surrendr the military gains it won in Wednesday's fierce tank assaults and retreat to the truce lines that existed Sunday. THE ISRAELI Cabinet appeared to reject that request yesterday night and declared that Israeli for- ces would continue to return fire when shot at by Palestinian guerrillas in west Beirut. The Cabinet flatly rejected a United Nations call for U.N. cease- fire observers in the Lebanese capital. The Cabinet warned the PLO that "Israel's respon- se to the violations of the cease-fires is inevitable." While making no specific reference to President Reagan's demand for an absolute cease-fire in Beirut, the Cabinet accused the PLO of violating all 10 cease-fires imposed since the Israeli invasion. THE CABINET also appeared to reject a U.N. Security Council demand to relinquish the parts of west Beirut its forces seized Wednesday. It said the deployment of Israeli forces would be negotiated "on the principle that all foreign forces will leave the sovereign territory of Lebanon." That referred to the PLO guerrillas and Syrian troops. Reagan's appeal for Israeli withdrawal from the territory gained yesterday, came amid conflicting reports on the possibility of American sanctions against Israel and on the prospects for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. Secretary of State George Shultz reportedly told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday that the administration is not about to level penalties against Israel and that PLO evacuation of the Lebanese capital remains a U.S. goal. On Wednesday, President Reagan called on Prime Minister Menachem Begin to maintain a "strict cease-fire in place" that would permit U.S. special envoy Philip Habib to negotiate a Palestine Liberation Organization withdrawal from the embat- tled city. IN HIS CLOSED, 90-minute session yesterday with the Senate committee, Shultz read from Reagan's let- ter to the Israeli leader, suggesting that it would not be hard to draw a conclusion that U.S. weapons were used improperly in the Israeli assault, congressional sources said. Shultz also told the committee that an agreement on how the guerrillas would quit Beirut was not in sight, said the sources, who asked not to be identified. Reagan's message to Begin made no reference to a date for an Israeli withdrawal, leaving the im- See U.S., Page 10 te freeze Coughlin said later he had inadverten- .RT talks tly voted for the wrong measure the fir- way with st time. Rep. Ron Paul, (R-Tex.), made a upporters motion to kill the legislation by sending ounded in it back to committee, but that was argin see- defeated 229-175. he closing THE VOTE, coming a week after the House approved the largest defense when Rep. budget in history, marked a victory for switched President Reagan's efforts to head off a freeze to congressional summons that he said ubstitute. See NUCLEAR, Page 2 AN ISRAELI SOLDIER runs through the outskirts of west Beirut as Israeli jets continued mock divebombing raids and tanks entrenched them- selves near PLO guerrilla camps. WASHING ousesetback fo freeze mov "* President R defeated calling upo production, nuclearnuclear we By a vote "f out the free for debat Republica measure. GTON (AP) - In a major r the grassroots nuclear. vement and a victory for , Reagan, the House narrowly a resolution last night n the superpowers to halt testing and deployment of apons. of 204-202, the House threw eze resolution and accepted e the language of a n-sponsored substitute The Republican proposal avoids mention of an immedia and instead supports the STA on nuclear arms now under' the Soviets in Geneva. SHOUTS FROM freeze s and opponents alternately res the House chamber as the m sawed back and forth during t minutes of voting. The crucial moment camev Lawrence Coughlin, (R-Pa.), his vote from support of the support for the Republican st