■Sen. Edward Brooke, campaigning on behalf of local Republican candidates here yesterday, said South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu “won’t be allowed to be a barrier” to a peace agreement in Indochina. Brooke said a settlement would probably be signed “within weeks.”
■Five city pharmacists told the Consumer Advisory Commission last night that a proposal to require posting of prescription drug prices was discriminatory, impractical, and confusing. No final action was taken on the matter.
■Roughly 14 months after completing the filming of “The Boyhood of John Muir” at sites throughout western Massachusetts, husband-and-wife movie-making team Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey unveiled their feature film at a premiere screening last night. Smith College’s Wright Hall was packed to capacity, with many of the film’s actors and crew members in attendance.
■Yoko Kato, the Northampton dressmaker who has been a vocal crusader against domestic violence ever since the 1993 slayings of her daughter and grandson, is taking the lead in educating her native Japan on the subject. Kato was featured in a 60-minute documentary that aired on Japan’s public television station Nov. 2.
■The Historical Commission will soon decide whether two well-known buildings — the landmark Shaw’s Motel and the former Green Street Café — will face the wrecking ball. A longtime business at a key gateway to the city’s downtown, Shaw’s Motel, on the corner of Bridge Street and Pomeroy Terrace, is now boarded up and has been on the market for more than two years.
■The role of performing arts in Easthampton and the possibility of creating a community performance space in the Old Town Hall will be the topic of a forum Saturday afternoon. Arts organizations, performers, musicians, artists, businesspeople and interested community members are invited to attend the meeting.