European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday August 24,1991 faces of place sex Mustang owner leaving bordello business from wire reports flamboyant Brothel owner Joe Conforte who lost his famed Mustang ranch in Mustang Nev. After failing to pay millions in taxes announced his retirement thursday from the bordello business. Conforte 65, acknowledged he has said he would quit the business before. A the other times i Only said i was going to retire a a he said. A this time its for  the irs padlocked the Brothel sept. 21, 1990, and sold it to recoup some of Conforte a $13 million in Back taxes. Conforte remained at Mustang ranch As manager after the irs auction in november working without pay he said. He said he plans to spend his retirement playing Bridge and perhaps Quot pushing an initiative to legalize prostitution in California. A if i find the time and Energy i really want to move to California As a non profit business and get it legalized there a he said at a news conference inside the bordello about 10 Miles East of Reno. He proposed that Money from Brothel License fees could be used for drug rehabilitation programs. Conforte launched his Nevada prostitution career from an old farmhouse near Mustang in 1955. The sicilian immigrant estimated Mustang ranch had served More than 1.5 million customers since it opened in the mid-1950s. After the irs seized the Brothel Mustang prop erties inc. Bought it for $1.49 million. Part of the 102-room bordello was Back in business the following month. The main building was reopened april 15 a tax deadline Day a after remodelling. Inside the brothels original Black and red decor reminiscent of Raunchy wild West Days has been replaced by subtler mauve and Blue tones. Art prints now hang where Large pictures of Bare breasted women once dominated the Walls. Conforte a reign officially ends sept. 30, when his quarterly business License expires. Mustang properties has been operating under his License. Card playing rather than prostitution will be his top retirement pastime. A to going to get a Good companion preferably an attractive one to play Bridge a Conforte said. Spiffy look sought sheriff Michael Sheahan of Cook county in Chicago wants his department dressed for Success. The sheriff has appointed a special unit to make sure employees tuck in their shirts Cut their hair and straighten their ties. He announced the spiff up order while also identifying other problems such As faulty equipment and tardiness. A i think it is very important for our employees to Elvis will Betty Johnson a court records keeper in Pompano Beach fla., poses with a copy of Elvis Presley s will. Johnson says the wills Are proving to be hot items. She pieced a advertisement in Usa today and says she has received More than 300 orders for them from As far away As England and Australia. Copies of the wills sell for $22 each. Know that we Are interested in the Job they Are doing each Day and that we expect the Best from everyone a Sheahan said. Employees will not however be harassed for minor violations said sheriffs spokeswoman Sally Daly. A we Are not going to punish someone who has their Shirttail hanging out a she  guitar buy bits of a guitar smashed onstage by Jimi Hendrix fetched $50,200 at an auction in London of Rock a no Roll and film Memorabilia. Auctioneers soothe by a said an Anonymous american bidder on behalf of a collector in Seattle made the winning bid thursday. The fragments Are from a red fender strato Caster that Hendrix shattered onstage at a London concert in 1967. A perfect guitar he once owned a Gibson j-200 made in 1968, was bought by another collector for $96,700. Hendrix famous for his electro Shock mane and hip grinding delivery died in London in 1970 from suffocation after an overdose of sleeping tablets. The european stars and stripes i. Kathy Gay copy chief. Keeping you in touch keeping you informed As one of our two copy chiefs Kathy oversees the final editing of stories double checks headlines and Layouts and ensures the accuracy of All wire and local reporting that appears in the stars and stripes. A native of the Seattle area Kathy came to stripes 2 1/2 years ago following a stint with radio free Europe where she edited special reports for broadcasts to what was then the East bloc. Kathy started her journalism career at Small newspapers in and around Seattle including a weekly Hunting and fishing publication before becoming chief copy editor at the Herald in Everett Wash. Along the Way she won a variety of awards for her writing editing headlines and Page Layouts. 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