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WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE SWISS COLONY IN GREAT BRITAIN Telephone: Clerkenwell 2321/2. Published Twice Monthly at 23, Leonard Street, E.C.2. Telegrams: Freprinco, London. Vol. 48. No. 1409 FRIDAY, 25th MAY 1962 Federal Councillor Jean Bourgknecht, Head of the Federal Finance and Customs Department, suffered, during a meeting of the Federal Council, a slight stroke. He has been taken to hospital for observation. * * * The Federal Council has appointed Dr. Fritz Dick, Head of the Federal Police Depart- Fee/era/ Monsieur Lucien-Bernard Guillaume to ment, has tendered his resignation for reasons of health, the of d'Affaires post permanent Chargé to take effect at the end of the current He entered in succession Monsieur Walter who year. in Sofia, to Jaeggi, the service of the " Bundesanwaltschaft " in 1935, and has been Head of the Information and recently appointed was elected Head of the " Bundespolizei " in 1955. Press Service at the Federal Political Department in Berne. Monsieur Guillaume was born in 1908, and is a citizen of Les Verrières. He studied Law at the University of The has Cantona/ commune of Andermatt nomi- Neuchâtel, and entered the service of the Political Depart- nated army-corps commander Franz ment (Swiss Foreign Office) in 1946. He has held in Nager an honorary citizen, in recognition succession posts at Budapest and in Tunisia, and was of his distinguished services rendered to the army and his ultimately Head of the Swiss Delegation to the Neutral attachment to his native canton, [a.t.s.] Nations Commission for the of Prisoners of Repatriation * * * War in Korea. * * * On the occasion of the " Landsgemeinde " of the " The Swiss Vice-Consulate in Punta Arenas (Chile) canton of Schwyz, which took place in the Ring zu " in will be closed on 30th June 1962. The resignation of Ibach Schwyz, Mr. Alois Ehrler (Conservative) was elected " and Monsieur Joseph Davet, Honorary Vice-Consul, has been as Bezirksstatthalter ", Karl Buergi (Con- " Statthalter accepted with thanks for services rendered. servative), of Goldau, as ". [a.t.s.] * * * * * * of Eire and The newly-appointed Ambassadors The government of the canton of Schwyz has banned Warnock and Zuhin Chelli Tunisia, Messieurs William on its territory the firing of mortars and any other use of Paul respectively, have presented their credentials to M- explosives on the occasions of weddings and church Chaudet, President of the Swiss Confederation, and M. festivals. The reason given is that often the most ele- Palais Fédéral F. T. Wahlen, Swiss Foreign Minister, at the mentary security measures are not paid attention to, thus in Berne. and death to the users. * causing injuries even inexperienced * * [a.t.s.] The Federal Council has nominated as its delegate * * * which is to the International Health Conference, taking The " Obwaldner Landsgemeinde " took place on the 30th June to 7th place in Philidelphia (U.S.A.) from July Landenberg above Sarnen. All the members of the can- 1962, Dr. med. Boris Luban, of Grobo (Ct. Grisons). tonal were re-elected. Mr. Hans Gasser * * * government (Lungern) was elected " Landammann ", and Mr. Christian have Switzerland, Sweden and Austria agreed, at a Dillier (Sarnen) as " Landesstatthalter ". The " Open Foreign Ministers Conference in Stockholm — against Parliament " was attended, as guests, by Federal Council- the American wishes — to press for association with lor Ludwig von Moos, army-corps commander Zueblin, Common Market. They do not want a tariffs agreement and the Belgian Ambassador, M. F. Seynaeve. [a.t.s.] as America has suggested. * * * * * * " The Swiss Federal Railways carried 20.3 million pas- The " Landsgemeinde of the canton of Nidwalden held The six members of the cantonal sengers in the month of March 1962, or about the same was in Wil. govern- in 1961. ment were confirmed in their offices. Dr. Graeni (Stans) number as during the same period Receipts: " 34.4 million francs. was elected as Landammann ", and Mr. R. Blaettler Goods traffic is returned as 2.59 million tons, which (Hergiswil) as " Landesstatthalter ". As official guests the is 160,000 tons more than in March 1961. Receipts: following attended : the members of the government of the 56.1 million francs (March: 1961, 53.1 million francs). canton of St. Gall z'n corpore, Federal Vice-Chancellor Dr. The Swiss Federal Railways have in the first three Felix Weber, army-corps commander Franz Nager, months of the current year carried 58.7 million passengers, Brigadier Fritz Gerber, Colonel Leopold Zimmermann, against 58.5 million during the same period in 1961. and the American General Consul, Mr. John B. Holt. Receipts : 94.5 million francs (92.5 million francs). [a.t.s.] 50076 THE SWISS OBSERVER 25th May 1962 Dr. med. Roger Gonzenbach, head surgeon at the National Councillor Pierre Graber (Socialist) having cantonal hospital in Winterthur, has been elected Director given up his parliamentary seat, M. Marcel Brawand is and Chief Surgeon at the cantonal hospital Frauenfeld. succeeding him in the National Council. M. Brawand [A.T.S.] was born in 1907, and is a citizen of Grindelwald and * * * Vevey. He was already formerly a member of the National The University of Zurich, on the occasion of the Council, [a.t.s.] " Stiftungsfest has honoured the following with the degree of doctor /tonon's cat/sa:— Medical Faculty: * * * Johann Jakob Ess, of Neuwilen (Thurgau), Victor Elsasser, of Aarau. Philosophical Faculty: Ferdinand The solemn laying of the foundation stone of the Boehny, of Zurich, Albert Knöpfli, of Illinghausen 1964 Swiss National Exhibition took place at Lausanne (Thurgau), and Stefan Loringett of Wergenstein (Grisons). in the presence of M. Chevallaz, vice-president of the [a.t.s.] organisation committee, in the absence, through illness, of * * * the president, States Councillor Desplands, and Federal The " Zürcher Ziegelein ", employing a staff of 770, Councillor H. Schaffner, [a.t.s.] has celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation. [A.T.S.] * * * The " Landsgemeinde " of the canton of Glarus was FIND YOUR WAY held in Glarus. Amongst the invited guests were: the members of the government of the canton of Fribourg in corpore, Dr. Emil Landolt, Mayor of the town of Zurich, Divisional commanders von Sprecher and Gygli, and Brigadier Lucchini. Mr. Herman Feusi (Liberal) was elected as " Landam- mann ", and Mr. Fritz Stucki (Democrat, Netstal) as " Landesstatthalter ". Dr. H. Heer (Democrat, Glarus) and Dr. Fritz Stucki (Democrat) were elected as States Councillors, [a.t.s.] * * * As a friendly gesture of the close relations which have existed for many years between the towns of Ludwigsburg (Germany) and Zug, the Mayor of Ludwigsburg, Dr. A. Saur, has presented the town of Zug with 1,000 rose trees. These trees will be planted along the lake side, [a.t.s.] "Back to Nature" * * * On 31st March 1962 the population of the town of Bienne numbered 63,306, and of Basle 230,635. The accounts for 1961 of the canton of Schaffhausen close with a credit-balance of 628,700.— frs. [a.t.s.] * * * As a result of the recent elections for the Grand Council of the canton of Berne, the strengths of the various parties are as follows: Peasant and Bourgeois Party 78 •I*» (two losses), Socialists 68 (no change), Liberals 39 (two f ' gains), Conservative Christian Socialists 10 (1 loss), " Landesring " 1 (1 loss), " Junges Berne " Party 2 (did not exist previously), Evangelical Popular Party 1 (no I change), Christian Socialists 1 (no change). (The Council numbers 200 seats.) [a.t.s.] * * The Appenzell I.Rh. " Landsgemeinde " took place in at Appenzell. The government of the canton of Glarus to corpora attended as guests of honour. Dr. Albert Broger was confirmed in office as " Landammann ". SWITZERLAND [a.t.s.] * * The " Landsgemeinde " of the canton of Appenzell, the holidayland which Jean-Jacques Rous- A.Rh, was held at Trogen. Mr. Robert Hoehener (Bühler) (1712-1778) discovered for more " seau you was elected a member of the government, and as Landam- than two centuries ago. 1962 : Rousseau " Hermann elected, mann Kündig was [a.t.s.] Year, special events throughout Switzerland. * * * An explosion which occurred at the " Kunstfeuerwerk, TRAVEL AGENT A.G. " in Mägenswil (Ct. Aargau) caused the death of two Apply to your today Information also from SWISS NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICE workhands received and persons.