Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 6, 1990                   TAG: 9003061734
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: E3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Tammy Poole
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HUSBAND'S UNION LIFE INSURANCE POLICY WAS DROPPED IN 1970

I have been trying to contact this company, but no one seems to know if it still exists. Can you please try to get me an answer?

I am a 73-year-old widow on a fixed income. Even though the money is not a fortune, it will help pay the medical expenses for him. - Louise Wingo, Roanoke

A: Quickline contacted the company about your inquiry.

In 1970, the union members voted to drop the life insurance policy your husband had because of an increase in the price of premiums, said Virginia Meyer of the company's insurance department.

Members were told in the company's newsletter that they could continue the policy on their own if they wished, she said.

According to your husband's file, he did not continue the coverage, Meyer said.

\ Doll cradles recalled

A toy manufacturer said it will replace one of its doll cradles because small parts may break off and pose a choking hazard.

Uneeda Doll Co., Inc., of Brooklyn, N.Y., will replace the cradles from the approximately 161,245 "Tots 'n Toys in Cradle" sets sold nationwide since 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

The sets, model number 70620, consist of a 6-inch-tall doll in a 7 inch by 3/4-inch yellow plastic cradle. The rockers on the cradle are embossed "Uneeda Doll Co., Inc., MCMLXXXVII, Made in China."

The cradle should be returned to the company at 269 37th St., Brooklyn, N.Y.