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A Wild Struggle erupts as police try to protect self-styled Canadian Nazi Party leader William Beattie (white shirt) from a man who hurled himself thr(...)
A Wild Struggle erupts as police try to protect self-styled Canadian Nazi Party leader William Beattie (white shirt) from a man who hurled himself thr(...)

A Wild Struggle erupts as police try to protect self-styled Canadian Nazi Party leader William Beattie (white shirt) from a man who hurled himself thr(...)

Date5/31/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Wild Struggle erupts as police try to protect self-styled Canadian Nazi Party leader William Beattie (white shirt) from a man who hurled himself through the police line to get at him. Beattie has been charged with creating a disturbance.
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Battered and bleeding, William Beattie, leader of the Canadian Nazi Party, is led away from the mob which attacked him in Allan Gardens yesterday
Battered and bleeding, William Beattie, leader of the Canadian Nazi Party, is led away from the mob which attacked him in Allan Gardens yesterday
5/31/1965
Der Fuehrer gets His Lumps -- Then Jail, Canadian Nazi Party leader John Beattie takes off at the dead run (left) after his second demonstration at Al(...)
Der Fuehrer gets His Lumps -- Then Jail, Canadian Nazi Party leader John Beattie takes off at the dead run (left) after his second demonstration at Al(...)
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Police rescued Nazi Leader Beattie Mood of Allan Gardens crowd had built to a boil
Police rescued Nazi Leader Beattie Mood of Allan Gardens crowd had built to a boil
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Nazi leader William Beattie (left) Shouts at Mob to get off his Lawn
Nazi leader William Beattie (left) Shouts at Mob to get off his Lawn
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Nazi John Beattie, Standing, Banned In City Park, Ald
Nazi John Beattie, Standing, Banned In City Park, Ald
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If It's going to be a long, hot summer, I'm going to make it hotter for them, said one budding markswoman in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. These thr(...)
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Self-Styled Nazi William Beattie, Giving a Hitler Salute as he leaves court
Self-Styled Nazi William Beattie, Giving a Hitler Salute as he leaves court
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In police hands is one of eight men arrested yersterday after a hate-filled riot against suspected Nazis by a milling mob in Toronto's downtown Allan Gardens
In police hands is one of eight men arrested yersterday after a hate-filled riot against suspected Nazis by a milling mob in Toronto's downtown Allan Gardens
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Eight fist-swinging onlookers jumped 23-year-old Beattie and his followers while they were marching yesterday to protest the Communist policy of our c(...)
Eight fist-swinging onlookers jumped 23-year-old Beattie and his followers while they were marching yesterday to protest the Communist policy of our c(...)
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Beattie, Safe in Taxi, Leaves scene of Tension
Beattie, Safe in Taxi, Leaves scene of Tension
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Police constable restrains a Dinamo Zagreb player during last night's wild brawl which forced cancellation of exhibition soccer game with Greek team at the CNE
Police constable restrains a Dinamo Zagreb player during last night's wild brawl which forced cancellation of exhibition soccer game with Greek team at the CNE
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Mounted On Horseback, police move in to try to control the crowd, estimated at 4,000, running hysterically about in Allan Gardens. Shouts of kill, kil(...)
Mounted On Horseback, police move in to try to control the crowd, estimated at 4,000, running hysterically about in Allan Gardens. Shouts of kill, kil(...)
5/31/1965