Pakistani Princess Converts to Christianity Amid Spiritual Voyage
Madame Sheikh, a leader in Pakistan and daughter of a Mawab prince, recounts leaving Islam for Christianity after dreams and Bible study. She faced threats and family exile, later baptized in the Spirit and water, and has lectured in the United States while criticizing some Christian practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Sheikh
Madame Sheikh
United States
Glendale
Madame Bisquis Sheikh
Pakistan
Roger Coar
Dreamer crafts solar homes from Victorian retrofit
Bill Saker, a draftsman and wood worker born in Vienna, converts rundown houses into modern energy efficient designs in California and Connecticut. He promotes a solar house concept with heavy insulation using wooden framing and double pane weather resistant glass to store heat and reduce energy costs while remodeling existing homes to better use solar energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Saker
Vienna
Austria
Connecticut
Rand
House of Ideas
Macmillan
San Fernando Valley
Souther California
Everly Hills
Baker
Spider Plant Iram Questions Sun and Water Needs
The note advises against direct sunlight for Hiram the Spider Plant, recommending indirect light. Watering should keep soil fairly dry, with plantlets forming from both sexes and potential propagation by snipping off plantlets into sterilized soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iram
Hiram
Poe
National Secretaries host seminar Saturday
National Secretaries Association hosts a day-long seminar Saturday starting at 8 a.m. in the Disneyland Hotel Grand Ballroom. Speakers include Cesar Romero on Old Hollywood and Joseph N. Sorrentino on his rise from hardship to Harvard Law. Co sponsors are eight NSA chapters. Cost is $42.50 with reservations to Mrs. Sherdel Zembridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Secretaries Association
Disneyland Hotel
Cesar Romero
Hollywood
Joseph N. Sorrentino
Provessor
Harvard Law
U.S. Justice Department
Joie
Bahia
Industry
Stellar
Orange
Empire
Paragon
Suburbanite
Valencia
NSA
Sherdel Zembridge
Pacific Ave
Norco
Sears revamps catalog with plain facts and less puffery
Sears Roebuck & Co changes its 1976 Spring-Summer catalog from flowery sales prose to concise factual product information. The overhaul covers 1400 pages, with sections on Fabric Detailing Care Instructions Colors and Ordering Information. The move reflects shifts in customers from rural mail orders to urban shoppers and telephone orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Richard Warren Sears
Sears
Sears General
Boorstin
National Catalog
George ‘Troll
Chicago
Club Calendar Highlights Public Meetings and Arts Events
A dense listing of weekly clubs in Long Beach and Downey featuring music and lectures. Entries include Musical Arts Club dinner with Peace Ringers, Women's Agion Fellowship with speaker Yermia Nepstad, and senior groups such as Chapter 1865 of AARP with a slide program on early Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Arts Club
Third St
Peace Ringers
Wesley Marquart
Russell Black
Fred Ohlendorf
Women’s Agion Fellowship
Downey
Bio Hondo Country Club
Old River School Road
Yermia Nepstad
Nepstad
Public Employees’ Association
Pacific Ave
Queen Beach
National Secretaries Association
Los Altos Plaza
Carolyn Johnson
May Co
Bettie Crowell
Wilton St
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Patricia de Luna
John the Baptist
Christ
U S
Hurpor
John the
Apostle
Cel
Ohn the Baptist
Dianne Smith Statt Writer
Dear Mother Earth
Hes
Bill Baker
Joseph Sorrentino
Sears New Catalog
P.T. Barnums
Hey
Tn America
Daniel J. Boorstin
Mail Order Trust
Philadelphia
Cyrus H.K. Curtis
Ladies Home -Journal
North
Long -Beath Women's Club
Houghtons, Park
Myre
Ave
Federation
Lyle Schermitaler
CRWC
Ebell
Ebel
Cerritos Ave
Evelyn Carlson
Long Beach
Horton Park
Myrtle Ave
Wayne Kato
Photographic Society of America
Las Angelés Cinema Club
Jack Garside
California
Bablet Guild of America
First United Method Church of
Franklin Ave
James Edmonds Jr
van Nostrand
Reinhotd
Inti
California State Association
Great Western Savings and Loan
Ste
Georgia Stephens
CSAP
Candace Smith
Cedar Ave
Bellflower Gem and Mineral Society
G.im
Gur Sawier Lutheran
Woodruffs Ave
Bellflower
Don Helmich
Compton Rock Shop
Jewish Community Center
J.P. Hutchins
Itkoff
Ketller
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