Conference moira::naturism

103.0. "Court victory for Estonian nudists" by MOIRA::FAIMAN (A goblet, a goblet, yea, even a hoop) Thu Sep 01 1988 11:53

    This article is reprinted from _Bare in Mind_, Spetmeber 1988, where it
    was reprinted from Reuters, which picked up the story from _Pravda_.

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		Pravda Has "Naked Facts" on Sunning

    MOSCOW - A small but determined band of nudists won a Supreme Court
    battle in Estonia after local officials had banned them from sunbathing
    in the nude, the Communist Party newspaper Pravda said on Friday.

    Pravda eschewed its usual strait-laced style to report on the incident
    under the headline "The Naked Facts."

    It said the fuss began when "couples dreesed like Adam and Eve"
    appeared on an Estonian beach a few years ago and officials denied them
    permission to have a private stretch of sand.  The nudists then hired
    bulldozers to build a sand wall.

    The nudists were told to level the sand wall.

    They refused and took the officials to court.  When they lost the case,
    they appealed to the Estonian Supreme Court which ruled in their favor.
    That was one year ago.

    Now, Pravda said, the nudists had doubled the height of their sand wall
    and could legally bask in the sun in their "birthday suits."

I liked the phrase "dressed like Adam and Eve".  Never thought of it like 
that! ;-)  Only thing...everyone probably had belly buttons visible!

Judy