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...Gstaad (Aug. 8-18). Founded three years ago by longtime Summer Resident Yehudi Menuhin, it now attracts front-rank musicians who are hand-picked by Yehudi. get no fee. In the 14th century Protestant Church of Saanen. the wealthy chalet set will this year hear Yehudi play with the Zurich Chamber Music Orchestra and his sister Hepzibah in a series devoted to works of Schubert, Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Haydn and Mozart...
...gallows; his answer to man's love of money is to put a price on his head. This time his people play murder. A brash, coarse, well-heeled American salesman (Pat Hingle), whose car has broken down, asks a snowy night's lodging in a Swiss chalet. There he finds a retired judge (Ludwig Donath), a retired prosecutor (Max Adrian) and a retired defense lawyer (Claude Dauphin) who meet regularly to dine well and then stage trials-in a "Court of the Unconscious, where the law does not reach"-of various living or historical characters. Invited to stand...
Schaeffer and his wife were told by the cantonal government that they must move out of the canton. At last they found a new headquarters 15 miles away: a 13-room chalet halfway up the winding mountain road above the Rhone Valley leading to the ski resort of Villars. Since their move, the Schaeffers have made the chalet one of the most unusual missions in the Western world...
...grown up to unite their former visitors and supporters. The Schaeffers depend on contributions; they accept no money from their church, and the young people who come are guests of L'Abri. For this reason, Missionary Schaeffer does not advertise. "There's no sense in turning this chalet into a free home for ski bums," he explains. News of the mission spreads by word of mouth only, and invitations are issued to those who are interested and considered suitable...
...Crutch for Kids. The Schaeffers' guests spend most of their weekends in discussion sessions led by Francis Schaef fer in the chalet's big living room (where he also conducts a brief Sunday morning service), with a hike for exercise. The talk may begin with any subject, from skiing to space flight; Presbyterian Schaef fer, Bible in hand, trades dialectic with the best of them, as the air grows blue with cigarette smoke. "We don't sell sweet religious pills in the discussions," he says. "What we give is the truth." Missionary Schaeffer's conception...