Evansville Courier and Press/1942/Mineola, N. Y., June 29 …

MINEOLA, N. Y., June 29.—(AP)—Roy Norton, 72, author and adventurer who won fame in many fields but was proudest of building the first golf course in the Sahara desert, died last night at the Meadowbrook hospital here after a lingering illness. He spent six years in northern Africa as an engineer, between 1920 and 1926.