Young John Glenn's pillowcase featured planets, stars

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When future astronaut John Glenn nestled in his bed, it may not have been sugar plums that danced in his head, but celestial bodies.A recently discovered child's pillowcase that belonged to the late U.S. senator and space hero depicts revolving planets, stars and a view to outer space. At the center, a koala bear clings to some sort of spacecraft, labeled "John" in blue embroidered cursive.Glenn grew up to become the first American to orbit the Earth.Adam Sackowitz, a grad