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Show the now benefits ulion it is not; to his advantage, and a payment is received, no Reversal is permit per-mit ted. It should be explained that the insurance carried by servicemen after June 25, 1950, and for which the serviceman paid no (.premium, is called Servicemcn'sj Indemnity and the insurance he carried and paid a premium on is National Service Life Insurance. Insur-ance. This will have a bearing on whether to accept the new benefits bene-fits or not. No general rule can be given inhere as each case will have to be considered separately. Those survivors sur-vivors who received the VA pham-phlet pham-phlet with their last check are invited in-vited to contact the Spring-ville American Legion Service Officer, Jack Miller, who can usually be reached at his home evenings. legion Warns G.l. Survivors to NoUe in Hurry More than 000,000 widows, orphans or-phans and dependent parents of men who died as a result of military mili-tary service after June 25, 1950, are now being asked by the Veterans Vet-erans Administration to decide whether they wish (a) to continue in fir present survivor's benefits oi' (b) to accept the different benefits ben-efits provided under Public Law 881, which becomes effective on January 1, 1957. because Public Law 881 is a h'hly complex law survivors are warned: "Don't hurry. Make no choice until you are sure." If there is an advantage in switching switch-ing to the new benefits, the full advantage,' retroactive to next Jan. 1 will accure to anyone who makes the choice as late as next July. If a survivor mistakenly chooses |