European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Austin tex., residents fearful that the capital was getting a reputation As a naked City raised War hoops Over Bare breasted sunbathing at a popular local swimming Hole. Clothes were optional at san Diego s Black s Beach before recent ban on nude bathing. 15 Perm be70nd this poin if 70u uil1 be i offended plea not Ente �1 the free Bep phenomenal by David Dugas United press International he thing to Wear on the Beach this no for increasing numbers of americans is i ing at All. Two years ago an invasion of nude Bathen the town of Truro. Mass., on Cape cod ten thousands of curiosity seekers and National Teci coverage. This year the voyeurs and their traffic jams Art but the nude bathers Are still there. And they Are not alone. Across the country m & Are taking to Ocean beaches Lake shores Mai that offers Sun and some seclusion with nothing suntan lotion and a portable radio. Not that the swimwear business has any tic fear. Last year More than 6 million swimsuit Iti sold up from 53.7 million id 1976, Accord Taf Luchynsky statistician for the National knitted m Wear Assn. Is there an increase in nude beaches asks it yes there is As apparent in a number of areas the country last weekend when nude Beach a observed. Credit for the fact or blame in the View of belongs in Large measure to Lee Baxandall a 43f writer publisher in Oshkosh. Wis. Baxandall had vacationed on Cape cod fora a Summers taking advantage of isolated Beaff Lei Truro for nude swimming and sunning with his we two children. More and More people were joining us Hern the other Day in a Telephone Call from the Truro Home he bought eight years ago. Then suddenly Truro became targeted As the i go for nude bathing and it grew at an alarming a National Park service responded with the ten measure of Banning it entirely. At the time i a. Hundreds thousands of local residents who beaches. We discovered the National Park service a Rule against nudity on their books. An assist Rector let slip that they were intending to i Here and then go nationwide with it shortly. Some of us decided hey. It would be in. Let them get their Way somebody had to take r after the demonstrations in which residents of los Angeles apartment Complex have opted for clothes optional Lifery a Poge 14 the stars and stripes