■Northampton High School students will have the opportunity to view the film “V-D Blues,” resulting from action taken by the School Committee last night. The film about venereal disease is hosted by Dick Cavett and was nationally televised, and some school committee members viewed it in a special session.
■Saturday a new radio program on WHMP will be launched under the direction of 13 youngsters involved in a Junior Achievement program in the city. The students have been busy taping for the broadcasts which will include new items of interest to high school-aged listeners.
■Some Amherst residents are upset about the appearance of newspaper vending boxes in town dispensing The Spotlight, a national newspaper frequently faulted for racist, antisemitic views, and linked to extremist figures. News boxes containing the weekly are located on North Pleasant Street and at the University of Massachusetts.
■British scientists came to the global warming conference today to report that 1997 is expected to be Earth’s hottest year on record, adding to a string of warm years in the 1990s and to the evidence that something is happening to the planet’s climate.
■Treehouse Community founder Judy Cockerton has won a $100,000 Purpose Prize for Intergenerational Innovation for her work in creating opportunities for seniors to be involved in foster care. At the Treehouse community, families with adopted or foster children live next door to people over 55 who support the children as “honorary grandparents.”
■For the first time ever, the Northampton City Council has a vice president. Councilors Thursday elected At-Large Councilor Jesse M. Adams to serve as their second in command, one of the initial steps in implementing a new charter approved by voters last month.