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Show Power Firm Names Four For Conference Three students and a teacher from the intermountain area have been selected from a group of 69 nominees to attend the Youth Conference on the Atom in Atlantic City, N. J., late this month. Officials of Utah Power and Light Co., sponsor of the conference con-ference in this area, announced that those selected to attend are: Marcellus S. Snow, son of Mrs. Charlcrie S. Snow, 1207 First Ave., a senior at East High. Janet Louise Mather, daughter of Mrs. Vanda A. Mather, 755 Harrison, a senior at South High. Steve Stelovich, son of Mr, and Mrs. Joe Stelovich, Cokeville, Wyo., senior at Montpelier high. H. Jess BrownV 3365 Riviera Drive, chemistry teacher at East High school. The group will leave April 29 and fly, to Atlantic City where they will attend the two-day conference April 30 and May 1. ident and general manager of Utah Power & Light Co. After attending the conference the group will travel to Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, where they will spend a day seeing the sights of the nation's canital. They will return to Salt Lake May 3. The purpose of the conference which is sponsored by the Utah Power & Light Co., in conjunction conjunc-tion with some 70 other investor owned electric utility companeis, is "to present to a group of the nation's most able high school science students and teachers a picture of the peaceful atom in all its various applications, and to help advance interest in the study of science in the U. S," Between 600 and 700 students and teachers from the nation will attend. "During the conference factual reports . on the peacetime uses of the atom will be presented by top spokesmen, including John F. Floberg, commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission; C. E. Robbin, executive manager of Atomic Industrial Forum; Dr. Cyril L. Comar, director, laboratory labora-tory of Radiation Biology, Cornell Cor-nell University, and others. In addition, exhibits concerning concern-ing the peaceful uses of the atom will be displayed, including includ-ing the 5000 square foot exhibit "You and the Atom" constructed by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. General chairman of the conference con-ference is E. Mi Naughton, pres- |