Sears spent some years overseas from America but in 1965 Sears was covered in various newspapers — Associated Press religion writer George W. Cornell wrote a piece on the religion including interviewing him. His book "Release the Sun" was included by the Baháʼís in donating to President JFK's Memorial Library, and echoed elsewhere. He was interviewed on WBBY, and present at different community meetings in the California area. In late January 1966 the Baháʼís organized a major conference in Fresno, California. Nine days, with a talk a day, were scheduled with Lisa Montell, Mildred Mottahedeh, Arthur Dahl, Florence Mayberry, William Sears, Russell Garcia, Gina Valentine, Eulalia Bobo, Sookha Winters, and Chester Khan. In February Sears released a series of tapes discussing ideals and importance about contributions to the religion. In May a conference of two Hands of the Cause, Sears and Zikr'u'llah Khadem, several of their auxiliary board members, and a representative of the national assembly, consulted in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and Sears was interviewed on the NBC Today Show on May 23.