Parents of Colonel Glenn Say Prayers Have Been Answered
Feb. 20, 1962 - The parents of Lieut. Col. John Glenn Jr. (pictured in 1945), radiant and relieved that their long wait was over, said today that their prayers had been answered. A crowd of about 1,200 persons roared their applause as the beaming couple came into the Muskingum College gymnasium in New Concord, Ohio this afternoon to give their thoughts while their son was in orbit. “It’s a hard question to answer,” said the astronaut’s mother when asked to describe her feelin