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I Part l-sun July 20. 1980 Coa Atijjetee States 2 4 CogAtiflrteBglTnes 2 VXll 1 1H1S 4K ii mi Mi A v. if Lzz2 BROTHEL BOOSTERS Two local women, above left, demonstrate in Deadwood, S.D., in favor of reopening the town's closed parlors of prostitution. Top center, a pro -prostitute pla card. Bottom center, Pam Holliday, owner of Pam's Purple Door.

Second from right, a demonstrator on Main Street. Far right, lamp auctioned after the Purple Door was shut down. Time yhotoi kj Mirth Hartnett "The Los Angeles Times HOME magazine is the best advertising buy for the money." DAY OF INFAMY: WHEN BROTHELS WERE SHUT Reformers Stir Up an Old West Town Ted Haserjian president, Carpeteria Hollywood, California 1 K3 Lirjt Selesflss if Fairies Cpsa to Uta 4UB CHAIRS $57 She stopped at a dime store kitchen timer and smiled. "This is the only one left. They (the police) took the rest." (There was one in each room.) "It's wonderful to see all these people come out to support me," she said.

"I didn't know I had so many friends. But this is a sad day, too. My girls are gone and we were like a family. They were my own. "I taught them to look nice and be nice ladies.

No smoking, no drugs, no swearing, use good manners at the table. It was like a finishing school." The auction began with uncommonly high bids for items of questionable value. A fake leopardskin pillow went to a white-haired woman for $50. A plastic mirror went for $20. A series of small sofa pillows drew bids ranging from $6 to $8 and a souvenir plaque with the legend "Sex is like golf you don't have to be good at it to enjoy it" went for $20.

Of course, not everyone in Deadwood supports the brothels. Some of the more outspoken critics say the houses keep some people away because they don't want to visit "a dirty little town." Some of the prostitutes continue to operate in Dead-wood, though not at established brothels. "It's like the French underground," one resident said. "A lot of people are helping the girls moving them around from place to place." The future of the Deadwood brothels could be decided in September, when the court hears arguments on a permanent injunction to close the houses as public nuisances. Meanwhile, plans are under way to enshrine the May By WILLIAM C.

REMPEL Times Staff Wi Hff DEADWOOD, S.D. The lusty history of this Black Hills Gold Rush town is salted with the names of "soiled doves" the frontier prostitutes who included the notorious Calamity Jane. And although the hillside graves of Calamity and her rowdy contemporaries from Wild Bill Hickok to Poker Alice are reminders that the Old West died long ago, the "soiled doves" of Deadwood survived the demise of the cowboy and flourished well into the 20th Century. It was business as usual until May 21, 1980 a day that will live in infamy for some residents of Deadwood. Federal, state and county agents swept in to do what Marshal Hickok never would have done: they closed the houses.

Today, down among the neon lights of the Main Street saloons, the last of the Deadwood brothels-Dixie's Green Door, the White Door and Pam's Purple Door are bolted shut Called a Public Nuisance They are a public nuisance, the state's complaint said, stating "The conduct, maintenance and operation of (the brothels) injures the morality and reputation of the city of Deadwood. and offends decency." The city of Deadwood, which has long exploited its Old West reputation to lure tourists, was, indeed, offended. But not by the brothels. The public reaction instead has been loudly critical of those who would reform Deadwood. Public opinion polls by the local press show that 60 of the townspeople favor keeping the brothels open.

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But her return to Deadwood last week to liquidate the Purple Door's assets at a public auction touched off a boisterous community welcome, a homecoming carnival with the flavor of a frontier Mardi Gras. Another parade closed Main Street. Housewives and schoolgirls, dressed up like dance hall girls, marched with placards and shouted to the crowds that clogged the sidewalks: "Bring back the Deadwood girls" and "Give our sons a chance." "This is the biggest day in Deadwood since Wild Bill got shot," whooped one brothel supporter. Holliday, basking in her celebrity status, eagerly posed for tourists' snapshots and signed autographs on everything from Deadwood maps to T-shirts. As the auction approached she showed reporters the furniture and knickknacks she hoped would bring enough to pay her mounting legal bills.

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