April 2022

TODAY

Today is the 114th day of 2022 and the 36th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1898, Spain declared war on the United States.

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Florida Legislature votes to strip Disney self-government

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has given final passage to a bill to dissolve a private government that Walt Disney World has been allowed to operate on its properties for more than five decades. House lawmakers approved the measure on Thursday. The passage is a victory for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. He has lashed back at the entertainment giant after it publicly declared its opposition to a new law backed by the governor that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The Disney bill would eliminate the self-governed districts by June 2023. But it does allow the districts to be reestablished in the future, leaving the door open for further negotiations.

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Katie Murel Garrison

Katie Murel Garrison was born June 11, 1920 to Amanda Bell (Singleton) and Jesse Talkington. She passed from this life on April 19, 2022, just a little over a month shy of her 102 birthday.

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Linda Charlene Gough

Services for Linda Charlene Gough,63, will be 2:00, Monday April 25, 2022 and conclude in the Harvey-Douglas Centennial Chapel with Pastor Bruce Kirby officiating. Burial will be 1:00 Tuesday April 26, 2022 at the Fort Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, Oklahoma.

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Tommy Dan Choate

Memorial services for Tommy Dan Choate are scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 10:00 am at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Father Kevin Ratterman officiating, with assistance from Deacon Juan Jimenez. A Rosary will be Friday, May 6, 2022, at 6:00pm at the Craddock Funeral Home Chapel followed by family visitation at 7:00 pm. Tommy Dan Choate was born in Caddo, Ok. on

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Scorsese’s Film Foundation launches free virtual theater

NEW YORK (AP) — Film Foundation, the nonprofit founded by Martin Scorsese dedicated to film preservation, is launching a virtual theater to stream classic films free of charge. The film organization announced Friday that the Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room will launch May 9 with the presentation of “I Know Where I’m Going!,” Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Scotland-set romance, recently restored by the Film Foundation and the British Film Institute’s National Archive.

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