But in Milwaukee, a good many felt threatened, equating nudity with loose sex. Bacon paid more than one police citation for laying naked on the beach. I've been called a pervert, a dirty old man, and everything. See, that's their opinion. Most people fantasize or talk about things they know nothing about.
People do that all the time.
Dick was able to take his tanned body to national natural glory in 1973, when at the age of 41, he won the Mr. Nude America contest. His celebrity status brought him the expert's title when it came to all things nude and sandy in Milwaukee. Bacon was in the forefront of a fight to save Paradise Beach, Milwaukee's clothing-optional beach. The issue concerned public access for all citizens as well, but the importance was downplayed because it was the nudists who wanted it. But the beach fight was lost in 1993.