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Proposed Kansas Wizard of Oz Theme Park Ignites Controversy.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Date: 20001023
Author:Pierpoint, Mary

Oct. 24-- LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Millions of children know the story of the "Wizard of Oz," a heart-warming story of a Kansas farm girl who is transported via a tornado to the enchanting land of Oz.

Around the United States many communities celebrate the L. Frank Baum stories with festivals and celebrations, but it is Kansas that has been forever tied to it, so tied in fact, that an $861 million theme park called the Wonderful World of Oz is planned for an area near De Soto.

But all is not wonderful in Oz. Recent revelations about its creator, L. Frank Baum, hit the front ...

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