European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 4, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 High Hopes Pam Melster who Bills As herself As Pound for Pound the strongest woman in the .," works out on a Universal gym in Chicago in preparation for her announced goal of dead lifting 400 pounds. This impossible sounding dream came a step closer to reality recently when Melster lifted 310 pounds to win a title at the women s National Weig tufting championship. A Federal jury ruling prostitute is a worker Nof a Confra for Keno Nevada a prostitutes Are employees of the brothels in which they operate and it is up to the Brothel operators and not the prostitutes to withhold income tax Money a Federal jury has  six member jury deliberated less than two hours wednesday before return ing a verdict against two Nevada Brothel operators who maintained that prostitutes Are Independent  Brothel operators have always contended that prostitutes Are not employ is and the operators do not have to collect Federal taxes on their earnings. The inter Nal Bevenue service says they  Clyde Maxwell said in his Clos ing arguments in  District court that prostitutes in brothels operated by Donna Wright and Irene Roy had signed contracts stipulating that they were merely tenants who operated out of the brothels. Wright and Roy filed suit in 1975 con tending that they Only operated the Broth Els and did not directly control the women. In the suit they demanded return of the 1195 each paid tothe irs for the year 1973. Maxwell told the jury that women at the Winnemucca House operated by Roy signed contracts describing them As entertainers and waitresses in which they agreed to rent their rooms on a Day to Day basis to entertain As they see fit and were to give 40 percent of their daily earnings As 03816112rent.the Battle Mountain Brothel operated by Wright required a similar contract except the women were described As prostitutes. Maxwell said both contracts described the women As Independent contractors responsible for paying their own withhold ing. Social Security and unemployment taxes. Irs attorney Ralph Romano compared a prostitute Madam relationship to a car dealer Salesman relationship. A car dealer draws customers to a place while the Salesman Sells the  Romano said. That s the same Here. The Only difference is the product. Prostitutes can Only sit in the House wait for Madam s customers and then do their  during the trial Romano had maintained that men entering the establish ments Are the Brothel operator s customers and not the individual prostitute s customers. Care of elderly found lacking in nursing Homes Washington