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Major Oil Firms Send Geologists To Sample Land Near Keota By JIM. ARPY Of Our Staff Iowa The discovery of oil on the William Flynn farm near here has touched off a flurry of excitement reminiscent of "gold rush" days. Though the oil strike was just disclosed last week, geologists representing major oil firms have already flocked here to sample adjoining farm lands. Though they're tight lipped about their findings, some admit, "It looks lowa Town Hit By 'Gold Rush' 'Black Gold' good. The outcroppings which are found in oil fields are here." A geologist representing a private firm said he had learned from a highly placed state official that "It looks like the real thing and it may be bigger than anyone realizes." Employes of a Tulsa, Okla.

company, which discovered the oil while test drilling for the Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, early last week worked around the clock to "cap" the well with a concrete platform. One weary, red eyed oil worker explained, "Once you get ready to cap a well you can't stop until you're done. We worked all night and got her done about 5 a.m.' So far the well's production hasn't been much to get excited about, although some geologists think it might be capable of producing more than the 10 barrels a day that have been announced. "You can just bet there'll be rush to get oil leases on the surrounding one predicted, "especially if the strike's a good one." Owners of rich farm adjacent to the Flynn property just can't help considering the possibility, however remote, that oil under their fields might bring them undreamed of wealth.

Flynn, publicly at least, is one of the few who says the prospect doesn't excite him. A farmer and stock feeder, he lives in Washington, Iowa, and rents the farm to his son, Victor. "It's just 10 barrels a day. They say my share is 25 per cent, So OIL (Continued On Page 2A) Sunday TIMES -DEMOCRAT SERVING EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS 10STH YEAR 100 PAGES DAVENPORT BETTENDORF, IOWA SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1963 DIAL 326-5111 NEWSSTAND PRICE 20 CENTS A Long Way From Erin, Sure, and who should look happier to be posin' for a St. Patrick's Day picture than the daughter of a Doyle and a Gallagher.

She's Marycrest senior Julie Gallagher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gallagher, 1109 W. 17th Davenport.

'Tis true Two Bridge Experts In Fresh Feud ST. LOUIS (AP) Charles Goren and Oswald Jacoby, old warriors of the game of bridge, renewed a 20-year feud Saturday over who's the world's best player. Goren, 62, and Jacoby, 60, said in an interview each is better than the other. Neither is an introvert. "I don't have to rely on gimmicks like challenges to keep my reputation," Goren said.

"My credo is dignity and that is why I have never participated in any 'showdown' playoff with anyone. In fact, I have studiously avoided it." Jacoby repeated his offer to play Goren anytime. "But, of course, Goren won't play me. Why, if you asked the top 100 bridge players to name the best four, I'd be one. Goren might make 5 per cent of the lists." The two, probably the nation's most publicized bridge players, joined 3,000 others in the American Contract Bridge League's spring g.

nationals here. They are playing, Jacobs said, "strictly for glory, for fun, or both." Each is seeking bridge's top two trophies the blue ribbon team championship, for the Vanderbilt cup and the McKenney trophy. "I understand I have already won the McKenney trophy," Jacoby said. "I have little doubt I'll be in on the Vanderbilt cup, Goren, who plays in only three tournaments a year and spends most of his time traveling and writing syndicated columns, said he could win it all. "But I've already won more than 40 national bridge championships, SO why should I knock myself out trying for more?" JACOBY GOREN Today's Chuckle Children certainly grow up fast.

Before you know it, the little girl in the frilly organdy dress is a woman in blue jeans. T.J. Walsh Dies; Long A Builder Funeral Mass for Thomas Joseph Walsh, 77, chairman of the board of the Walsh Construction Co. and internationally known in contracting circles, will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Mr. Walsh died at the Naples Community Hospital in Naples, early Saturday after having been stricken by a cerebral hemorrhage at his winter home there Friday. The body has been returned to Davenport and friends may pay their respects at the Halligan-MeCabe Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Monday. Recitation of the Rosary will be at 8 p.m.

Tuesday. Mr. Walsh became president of Walsh Construction Co. after the death of his father, Patrick T. Thomas J.

Walsh Car Kill Daven port Man Hit By Auto Traffic mishaps in and near Davenport Saturday claimed three lives. Dead are: Thomas Norris, 37, of 220 E. 9th Davenport, Edgar L. Hungate, 52, of 2715 Rock Island. Mrs.

Connie Harlan, 17, of R. R. No. 2, Walcott. Norris was fatally injured about 8:15 p.m.

when he was struck by car as he crossed Brady Street near 10th Street and was dragged about 100 feet. Hungate and Mrs. Harlan were fatally injured in a headon collision on Highway 61, a mile and a half west of Blue Grass in Muscatine County, about noon. Robert M. Morrissey, of 3120 Jefferson Davenport, Davenport, was driver of the car that struck Norris.

Florence Ferris, 1027 Brady who was walking to the Davenport business district with Norris, said they had started to cross Brady. She pulled back when she saw the oncoming car, she said, but Norris went on, only to be struck. Second in Davenport Morrissey told police he believed Norris fell as he hurried across the street. Norris died of multiple internal injuries and a possible skull fracture, the examining physician told police. His death was the second auto fatality in Davenport this year.

Mrs. Harlan's husband, Thomas, 20, driver of one of the cars involved in the crash near Blue Grass, is in critical condition at Muscatine County Hospital. His injuries were described as facial lacerations, internal injuries and a compound leg fracture. Blue Grass i is 10 miles west of Davenport. Cross Center Line State highway police said HarIan was traveling east when he apparently crossed the center line and collided with the westbound car driven by Hungate.

Both cars were demolished. Sgt. Andre Carstensen of the DEATHS(Continued On Page 12A) Accidents 3 In Area These smashed cars tell the tragic story of a collision near Blue Grass in which two persons were killed. The auto on the right is that of Thomas HarIan of near Walcott, which crashed headon with a car driven by Edgar 1 L. Hungate, Rock Island.

Harlan's wife and Hungate were killed. (Staff photo) Director, Coach Named College Football Rigging Charge Brings Inquiries BIRMINGHAM, Ala. vestigation involving the triggered Saturday by Director Wallace Butts (Bear) Bryant conspired to Southeastern Conference Commissioner Bernie Moore called a news conference to announce that his office was looking into the allegation contained in the forthcoming issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Moore brushed aside suggestions that 'a scandal might erupt that could shatter the 12-member conference. In Washington, the FBI said it has made "preliminary inquiries" into the charges.

A spokesman for the Senate's permanent investigation subcommittee, which has been looking into "racketeering aspects" in point-spread fixing in BRYANT Today's Times Presents Colorful Issue Full color? There's lets of it today in your Sunday Times-Democrat. As the new complex presses of Davenport Newspapers start moving into full operation, readers will be offered increasing amounts of color--in news and feature photos and in advertising. Today's edition is an example. Approximately 700 square inches of full color reproduction appear in this Times-Democrat. It covers a wide range of subjects from color cover and color spots inside the Focus on Family magazine to color fashion photos in the Miss Mrs.

section and the St. Patrick's Day color on this page. There are also several pages of color advertising. Walsh, in 1916 and built a then large and successful construction firm into one of the most important contracting firms in the country. It was a coincidence that Patrick T.

Walsh died on March 16, 1916, 47 years to the day before his son and also of a cerebral hemorrhage. Great Projects The Walsh firm engaged in immense construction projects in all parts of the U.S. and all over the globe either as sole projects or in combination with other firms. A few major projects were the Grand Coulee Dam, the Queens Midtown Tunnel at New York, a $400 million Fairless plant for U.S. Steel at Morrisville, U.S.

air bases in France and Spain, and the St. Lawrence River power development and seaway project. Current projects include a great dam in Pakistan. In the Davenport area the Aluminum Co. plant, the Kahl Building and the Davenport Bank Trust Co.

building were major Walsh jobs. He was a director of the Davenport Bank. While his work in recent years took him to all parts of the world, and he maintained large offices in New York, Mr. Walsh always regarded Davenport as his home. The family residence is at 833 College Ave.

Son, 4 Daughters (UPI) A sweeping inFBI and the U.S. Senate was charges that Georgia Athletic and Alabama Coach Paul rig a football game. amateur and professional sports said the group also will delve into the controversy that erupted like a bombshell. A Justice Department spokesman said that while no active investigation was under way by the department, developments were being closely followed. Quotes Atlanta Man The Post story called "The Story of a College Football an Atlanta man, George Burnett, as saying he accidentally overheard a telephone conversation in which Butts gave Bryant Georgia's plays and outlined its offensive formations.

Butts, who resigned at Georgia Feb. 28 after 25 years as head coach and then athletic director, and Bryant, both denied the charge. Butts called it "the most fantastic and ridiculous thing that I can imagine." William H. Schroder, attorney for Butts, said Saturday Butts intends to file a libel suit against the magazine shortly after the magazine hits the streets. Schroder said the suit probably would be for $10 million.

Bryant, who is suing the Post about another article, said in a statement issued through attorneys that the charge was "completely false." Wins Opening Game Bryant's defending national championship team was a 17-point favorite for the Georgia game in question the night of Sept. 22, 1962 in Birmingham. Alabama won 35-0. It was the opening game of the season in which the Crimson Tide won 9 games and lost one. Georgia's 1962 record was 3-4-3.

Coach Johnny Griffith replaced Butts as head coach when Butts became athletic director at Georgia in 1960. Butts, in submitting his resignation, said he CHARGE (Continued Ou Page 24) Survivors are one son, Thomas J. Walsh Norwalk, four daughters, Mrs. A. Linton Lundy Mrs.

Daniel W. Quail and Miss Eleanor Walsh, all of Davenport, and Mrs. Brian S. Murdock, New York City; and 9 grandsons and 6 granddaughters. Surviving also are three sisters, Mrs.

Eugene J. Walsh, Trumbull, and Mrs. Henry C. Priester, and Mrs. Eugene J.

Halligan, both of Davenport. One daughter and three brothers, Edward Walter and John Walsh, preceded him in death. His wife, Gabrielle, died on Dec. 27, 1959. Mr.

Walsh was a trustee of Sacred Heart Cathedral and had received two papal honors, membership in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights Malta. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. He was a holder of the "Moles" construction organization award for outstanding achievement in the construction industry and was also awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the U. S.

Navy for But A Colleen For All That Julie is three generations away from the auld sod but who'd guess she was anything but a colleen with a setting like this at Vander Veer Park Conservatory. (Staff Color photo by Harry Boll) Plains Hit By March Blizzard CHICAGO (AP) A March blizzard howling in ahead of a cold wave halted traffic and stranded motorists in the northern, Plains Saturday. Winds Cloudy and cool is the Quad-City forecast for today. Complete, weather roundup on Page 2. with gusts up to 100 miles an hour caused heavy property damage and sent grass and prairie fires out of control in Colorado and Kansas.

Twisters struck in I wa, Missouri and Illinois, new rains fell in the flood areas of the Ohio River Valley and record subzero cold stung New as one of the worst winters of the century erupted in full fury only five days before spring. The late winter blizzard dumped 12 to 18 inches snow on the Black Hills and Rapid City areas of South Dakota. Winds up to miles an hour made travel impossible in some areas. City streets were blocked at Rapid City early in the day and downtown activity came to a virtual standstill. Motorists were told not to venture out onto the highways from the Wyoming border to the town of Wall, S.D., 75 miles east of Rapid City.

Local dairies at Rapid City made emergency trips to homes of parents of small children caught by inadequate supplies. An estimated -20 motorists were stranded at Wasta, S. 40 miles east of Rapid City. Strong winds or small tornadoes hit Cape Girardeau, and Equality, felling utility lines and trees and damaging several buildings. Heavy rain also drenched Cape Girardeau.

Auto traffic was halted and local meetings were canceled when a blizzard cut visibility to zero in the Sidney area of western Nebraska. Day shifts were called off at missile construction sites in the area and at many oil fields. Nineteen Boy Scouts from Scottsbluffs, were rescued by a convoy of snow plows from an overnight camp site in Wildcat Hills Park. All roads in the Scottsbluffs area of western Nebraska were blocked, ing some city streets. Up to a foot of heavy wet snow fell in northwest Nebraska.

Winds with gusts up to 58 m.p.h. cut visibility to one- sixteenth of a mile. WALSH(Continued On Page 8A) I Typhoid Fever Hits Ski Center BUTTS ZERMATT, Switzerland (AP)-: More than 20 cases of typhoid fever were confirmed Saturday in this famed ski center, crowded with 7,000 fun-seeking tourists, mostly foreigners. More cases were reported among vacationers returning to Britain. About 30 more suspected cases were quarantined in the Zermatt schoolhouse, converted into an emergency hospital, and authorities said "very severe measures" were being taken to contain the outbreak.

Hotels reported many reservations cancelled, but said departures were not above normal. About 3,000 spectators watched the day's ski races. Typhoid fever, an intestinal infection, is rare in Switzerland. Health officials said they believed the carrier is an Italian who came here a few days ago. He was one of the confirmed cases who were flown out to Swiss isolation hospitals.

None was identiflied. A DA.