CORNING INC /NY
SC 13G, 1994-02-14
GLASS & GLASSWARE, PRESSED OR BLOWN
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                          UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D. C.  20549

_________________________________________________________________

                          SCHEDULE 13G

            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                        (Amendment No. 5)

                       CORNING INCORPORATED
                        (Name of Issuer)

             Common Shares, Par Value $.50 Per Share
                 (Title of Class of Securities)

                           219350-10-5
                         (CUSIP Number)

                    William C. Ughetta, Esq.
                      Corning Incorporated
                      One Riverfront Plaza
                       Corning, NY  14831
                   Telephone:  (607) 974-8247
             (Name, Address and Telephone Number of
            Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
                         Communications)

                                

                                

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this
statement  X .

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Item 1

     (a)  Name of Issuer:

          Corning Incorporated

     (b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

          One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York  14831

Item 2

     (a)  Name of Person Filing:

          The Investment Plan and the Investment Plan for
          Unionized Hourly Employees of Corning Incorporated and
          certain affiliated companies (the "Plans")

     (b)  Address of Principal Business Office:

          One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York  14831

     (c)  Citizenship:

          Not applicable

     (d)  Title of Class of Securities:

          Common Shares, par value $.50 per share

     (e)  CUSIP Number:

          219350 10 5

Item 3

     (a)  The Plans are defined contribution plans which are
          subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement
          Income Security Act of 1974

Item 4    Ownership

     (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:

          The equivalent of 11,679,419 Common shares at
          December 31, 1993, being 10,632,343 shares of Common
          Stock and 261,769 shares of Series B 8% Convertible
          Preferred Stock.  Each share of Common Stock is
          entitled to one vote and each share of Preferred Stock
          is entitled to four votes.


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     (b)  Percent of Class:

          5.32% - Common
          100%  - Series B Preferred
          5.82% - Overall Voting Percent

     (c)  Number of Shares as to which such person has:

          (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

                 None

          (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

                 None

          (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the
                 disposition of:

                 None

          (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct the
                 disposition of:

                 None

          Under the provisions of the Plans and the related trust
          agreement, the power to vote the Common and Series B
          Preferred shares and the power to respond to tender
          offers or other offers to sell such shares is passed
          through to the participants in the Plans.

          Only the Trustee of the Plans may be the record owner
          of the Series B Preferred shares.  Each share of Series
          B Preferred Stock, $100 par value, is convertible into
          four Common shares at a conversion price of $25 per
          share.  Holders of the Series B Preferred shares are
          entitled to vote on all matters submitted to holders of
          Common stock, each share of Series B having four votes.

Item 5    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

          Not applicable

Item 6    Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of
          Another Person

          The Plans hold these securities on behalf of the
          employees who are participants in the Plans.  Dividends
          are reinvested and are not currently distributed to
          participants.  Common dividends are reinvested in
          Common shares.  Preferred dividends are reinvested in
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          fixed income instruments.  Beneficiaries of the Plans
          have the right to receive securities and/or proceeds
          from the sale of the securities allocated to their
          respective accounts in the manner and at the time
          specified in the Plans.  No individual beneficiary's
          account under the Plans has been allocated more than
          five percent of the issuer's outstanding Common shares.

Item 7    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
          Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the
          Parent Holding Company

          Not applicable

Item 8    Identification and Classification of Members of the
          Group

          Not applicable

Item 9    Notice of Dissolution of Group

          Not applicable

Item 10   Certification

          By signing below the undersigned certifies that, to the
          best of its knowledge and belief, the securities
          referred to below were acquired in the ordinary course
          of business and were not acquired for the purpose of
          and do not have the effect of changing or influencing
          the control of the issuer of such securities and were
          not acquired in connection with or as a participant in
          any transaction having such purposes or effect.

                            SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the
undersigned's knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies
that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

                              CORNING INCORPORATED, on behalf of
                              its Investment Plan and Investment
                              Plan for Unionized Hourly Employees



Date:  February 14, 1994      By:  /s/A. JOHN PECK, JR.
                                  Name:   A. John Peck, Jr.
                                  Title:  Secretary



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