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A Tempest Breaks Out Over Federal Aid for Indoor Rain Forest
By Harvy Lipman and Elizabeth Schwinn
Ted Townsend had a bold vision for a charity project, but he couldn't seem to persuade donors of the value of his plan to build a four-and-a-half-acre enclosed artificial rain forest on the Iowa prairie.
Seven years after creating the Iowa Child Foundation, Mr. Townsend, a wealthy Des Moines businessman, planned...