Israel President Weizmann and his party arrived in Switzerland yesterday afternoon and, after a brief welcoming ceremony at the frontier, proceeded to a health resort on Lake Lucerne. When the party crossed the border from Italy it was met at the Chiasso station by Swiss cantonal and Federal representatives and by Dr. Menachem Kahany and Eliezer Doron, Israel representatives in Switzerland.
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