| Show insurance dividends go to local war veterans A number of war veterans living in Uintah County will have their bankrolls enlarged soon to the tune of That is the amount they will receive approximately as their share of a cash dividend to be distributed by the Veterans Administration Ad ministration It will go to those veterans of World War I World War II and the Korean War who have kept their GI insurance policies in force The current dividend is the biggest ever declared the VA states It is larger than before because the interest earned by the trust funds governing the policies was unusually high in the past year PARTICIPATING in the distribution nationally will be World War I 1 veterans who hold United States Government Life Insurance policies World War II vets who have National Service Life Insurance and Korean vets who are covered by Veterans Special Life Insurance Vietnam vets because of the kind of insurance they have are not eligible at this time Of the veterans of the three wars who reside in Uintah County only about one-fifth one of them will be on the receiving end the figures indicate They are the ones who held on to their policies Of the who do qualify the ones who were in World War I will be getting on average Those who saw ser ser- vice in the second World War will be collecting and the Kore Korean n vets 29 IN INDIVIDUAL cases the actual amounts paid will be larger or smaller than these averages since the dividends depend upon such variables as the size of the policy and the age of the recipient The that will be going to local vets will arrive automatically on the anniversary dates of their policies There is no need to contact the VA about them it states Figures show that the amount of veterans life insurance in force has been steadily declining since the end of World War when JI-when fl I when wren it hit an time all-time high of billion It IUs Itis is now down to approximately 34 billion |
