An Affair of Honor for Two Argentinians--Admiral Benigno Varela, right, duels with Yolivan Biglieri today in a suburban field near Buenos Aires in Argentina's first reported duel in many years. Benigno, a retired officer and former Argentine navy commander-in-chief, challenged Biglieri, a newspaper editor, after the latter declared editorially that "another traitor is gone" when Varela retired recently. The seconds of both men called a halt after Varela and Biglieri had picked each other.
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- Title:
- An Affair of Honor for Two Argentinians--Admiral Benigno Varela, right, duels with Yolivan Biglieri today in a suburban field near Buenos Aires in Argentina's first reported duel in many years. Benigno, a retired officer and former Argentine navy commander-in-chief, challenged Biglieri, a newspaper editor, after the latter declared editorially that "another traitor is gone" when Varela retired recently. The seconds of both men called a halt after Varela and Biglieri had picked each other.
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[Information from item housing] Dueling
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[ca. November 1968]
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Photographs
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Photographic prints
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
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Dueling
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : print ; sheet 203 x 279 mm
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- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fb497m338
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