The word from Argentina's presidential palace is that Juan Perón has lately been experiencing premonitions of violent death. He has taken to carrying a pistol on the seat beside him when he goes out in a car. When he journeyed to Cordoba last month, elaborate safety precautions were taken. The official announcement said he would go by plane. But the presidential train was made ready at Buenos Aires' Retiro station, and word quickly leaked out that he was really going by rail. Then, with any would-be assassins doubly confused, he departed by yacht up the Paraná River, later...
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