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Published: June 10, 2008
Rain turns deadly, halts wheat harvest
By Hailey Branson
A slow-moving front that stalled over Oklahoma is to blame for one death and several water rescues. In some counties, more than 4 inches of rain fell, while the Panhandle remained bone dry.

Mary Ola Goodson , 84, of Lamar died after the pickup she was driving left the road and turned on its side in heavy rain, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. Goodson was driving west on U.S. 270 a mile east of Wewoka in Semi...

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