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Princess Beatrix Marries Amid Amsterdam Riots And Smoke Bombs
About 2,000 anti fascist demonstrators disrupted Crown Princess Beatrix’s wedding to former Hitler Youth member Claus von Amsberg in Amsterdam. Police clashed with youths, 24 arrests reported as smoke bombs and anti fascist leaflets peppered the procession. The couple’s civil and church ceremonies proceeded as guards lined the route to Weserkerk Church.
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