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Ohio delegation wants John Glenn on Wheaties box

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Glenn  
May 23, 1998
Web posted at: 1:52 p.m. EDT (1752 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Members of the Ohio Congressional delegation have written a letter to General Mills asking the company to consider making Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, the first non-athlete to be on the cover of a Wheaties box.

While acknowledging the 76-year-old Glenn technically is not an athlete, his colleagues said he had to "meet or exceed every physical and mental requirement of astronauts half his age" to qualify for his October space flight.

Asking General Mills to consider "bending tradition", the letter said Glenn has the "heart, dedication and mental and physical toughness of the best conditioned athletes in the world."


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