Hartford Police, the only other police agency in Connecticut which has a bomb squad, had only 33 calls for service in 1994. The number soared to 75 in 1995, the year the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people. But the times they are a changin'. Quinnipiac College, Yale University, the University of New Haven and Albertus Magnus College have joined with other schools across the nation in regulating parties on-campus. Events now must be registered in advance, giving schools time to review the applications.
Officials say few party requests are granted.
No one called to tell Marge Ventuletts her son had died. But she knew. She choked back tears as she recalled watching California authorities this week describe the victims of the southern California mass suicide. Mrs. Ventuletts said Saturday. No. 67 as just another shabby downtown building.