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PAGE 5 PRESS-REPUBLICAN Restaurqot trade suffers from ban ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Smok- ers are' dining out less often in New York City since smoking was banned in April in most of the city's restaurants, a Cornell University survey published iTue.sday found. Under the law, smoking is permitted in no more than 15 percent of a restaurant's seating, and those seats must be in the bar area. Restaurants with 35 or fewer seats are exempt, as are stand-alone bars. Nearly 38 percent of smokers who were polled said they are dining put less often because of . the smoking ban, while 47 per- cent said they are avoiding din- ing at smoke-free restaurants, said the study's chief researcher, Cathy A. Enz. \There is very clearly a group of smokers who feel that not be- ing able to smoke at a restaurant takes away from the dining expe- rience,\ said Enz, associate pro- fessor of management at Cor- 1 nell's School of Hotel Administra- tion. . The survey of 389 patrons — 134 smokers and 255 nonsmokers — was carried out in August at 19 Manhattan res- taurants. The restaurants were selected at random based on price and smoking status — smoke-free, bar smoking only, special smoking room or exempt smoking throughout. Among nonsmokers, 77 per- cent said they favored the Smoke-Free Air Act, an exten- sion of a 1988 ordinance that re- quired restaurants to set aside 50 percent of their seating for nonsmokers. The law also has influenced the amount of time restaurant patrons spend eating their meals, the study found. \The smokers don't dine — they eat,\ Enz said. \Their whole dining experience has changed as a result\ of the law. City tourists miss l By mt>RiJi HAMILTON Asspeiqted Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Hun- dreds of tourists were turned away from the Statue of iaber- ty and Ellis Island on Tuesday because of the federair gov- ernment shutdown, and many felt robbed of a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity. \It's not OK,\ said Christina Meyer, of Krems, Austria. \We are coming from Europe to see that, and it's not OK.\ In large ways and small, the budget war between President Clinton'and the Republican Congress touched the lives of people across New York City. As part of the shutdown, the government sent home 800,000 \non-essential\ federal employees across the nation. That meant closing one of the city's most popular tourist at- tractions, shutting passport of- fices and curtailing business at immigration offices. At the Statue of Liberty ticket office, at Battery Park on the southern tip of Manhattan, federal park workers warned the day's first tourists that the boats ferrying people to the statue and to the museum on Ellis Island could be halted at any moment. Some tourists milled around in the bitter, wet cold trying to decide whether to take their chances. Wilma Haggard, who runs Smoky Mountain Adventures, a retreat outside Gatlinburg, Tenn., was in town with 16 French retirees who do not speak English, and it was hard to believe her job could get any tougher. \They are going home tomorrow, and all they want to do is this one last thing and take some pictures,\ Haggard said. \Oh I hope they don't close.\ Minutes later, Larry Steeler, deputy superintendent, got the call to shut down. war i iHHE^ <£t£i jW** f V friBH ,v*i •i^Hk^ii ^^^HHgg •\••• • • A P Photo Tourists board the ferry with the Statue off Liberty in the background after being asked to leave Liberty Island in New York Harbor. \I just can't believe it,\. Hag- gard said. \This is terrible. What a mess.\ Another tourist, Bill Davis of Beaumont, Texas, looked out toward Ellis Island and said, \I get tired of being a pawn in the federal government's chess game. To think that some bu- reaucrats can stop us from go- ing 500 yards.\ At the federal passport office in Rockefeller Center, people were whipped into a frenzy. Some of the several dozen had waited hours when the office said it wouldn't be opening. Many pleaded for help from office manager Bill Collins, saying they had emergency situations. But Collins told the would- be travelers: \I'm not an- swering any more of your ques- tions. I'm working now for free.\ Collins said that even if the office opened later Tuesday, it would only issue passports for \life and death situations. And if it's death, you'd better have a death certificate.\ Dozing driver takes blame for fatal propane-truck crash By RONALD POWERS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The propane hauler who died when his 18-wheeler crashed on a New York highway, setting off a spec- tacular fireball that engulfed several nearby homes and in- jured nearly two dozen people, was probably, asleep at the wheel, federal safety investiga- tors said Tuesday. \Three of the houses were destroyed. It's a wonder no one was fatally burned,\ Michele McMurtry of the National Transportation Safety Board said of the 1994 wreck. NTSB officials were highly critical of the Paraco Gas Corp. of Purchase, N.Y., a family business that employed the driver, saying it encouraged truckers to drive long hours with little sleep, of- fered little training and kept sloppy records. \The driver chose to sacrifice his rest in order to complete his deliveries within his normal schedule,\ the NTSB said in its findings. \At the time of the acci- dent, he had probably fallen asleep because he was suffering from acute fatigue.\ Joseph Armentano, Paraco's chief executive officer, said the company was still reviewing the NTSB report and had no im- mediate comment. \We need time to further evaluate the findings before is- suing a statement,\ he said. The driver, 23-year-old Peter Conway, was killed shortly after midnight on July 27, 1994, when his tanker truck carrying 9,200 gallons of liquid propane drifted across the left lane, onto the shoulder and hit the guardrail of Interstate 287 in White Plains, about 20 miles north of New York City. The tank slammed into the Grant Avenue overpass, split open and released what investi- gators called \a vapor cloud\ of highly volatile propane. It rap- idly expanded into the surroun- ding neighborhood and erupted into a fireball that lit up the night sky as it flamed 300 feet skyward: Twenty-three people were in- jured, 11 houses were damaged and three others were destroyed by the fires. The NTSB estimated the damage at $2 million. Investigators said Conway reported to work late on Sunday to run a regular route delivering propane to several locations in the New York metro area. Like other Paraco drivers, he drove mostly at night to avoid traffic. In the 49 hours between the time he left home Sunday until the crash in the morning hours Wednesday Conway logged sleeping only two and one-half hours, the investigation found. The NTSB said that Paraco paid its drivers between $100 and $160 for each load they delivered. The pressure to deliver encouraged drivers to spend long hours on the road with little sleep, the investigators said. Federal investigators who ex- amined Paraco's company re- cords found that drivers fre- quently submitted false logbooks and other records to hide their illegal practice of driving too many hours without rest. \There doesn't seem to be any management oversight,\ said NTSB Chairman Jim Hall. For the record to conrtet cnora in fttds. U you b»ve paraond »t W1-230O, octaoslon 131, after 1 p.m. fiag, ; gaia\a-\;ggfflB\-' i' : i??Tf'.:. i ' WEATHER FORECAST Northern Franklin: Today: Rain. High around 40. Variable wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. Tonight: Periods of rain changing to light snow early in the evening. Low 25 to 30. Chance of precipitation 90 percent. Thursday: Cloudy with scattered snow showers. High in the mid 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent. Northeastern Clinton, Eastern Essex: Today: Rain. High 40 to 45. Northeast wind 10 to 20 mph will shift to south. Chance of rain 90 percent. Tonight: Periods of rain changing to light snow dur- ing the evening. Low around 30. Chance of precipitation 80 per- cent. Southern Franklin, Southwestern Clinton, Western Essex:: Today: Rain. High 35 to 40. Variable wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. Tonight: Periods of rain changing to light snow early in the evening. Extended: Friday; Fair. Lows in the 20s. Highs 35 to 45. Satur- day: Chance of light rain or wet snow. Lows in the 20s. Highs 35 to 45. Sunday: Chance of light rain or wet snow. Lows in the 20s. Highs 35 to 45. 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