OWENS CORNING
10-Q, 1996-08-14
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              
                              
                  Washington, D. C.  20549
                              
                              
                          FORM 10-Q
                              
                              
      Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
           of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              
                              
             For the Quarter Ended June 30, 1996
                              
                              
                 Commission File No. 1-3660
                              
                              
                        Owens Corning
                              
                              
            Fiberglas Tower, Toledo, Ohio  43659
                              
                              
                Telephone No. (419) 248-8000
                              
                              
                   A Delaware Corporation
                              
                              
        I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 34-4323452



Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12
months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                              
                 Yes [ X ]         No [   ]
                              

Shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share, outstanding
                      at July 31, 1996
                              
                              
                         51,522,580
                              
                              
                              
                              
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               PART 1.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                              
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
<TABLE>
               <S>               <C>     <C>       <C>     <C>
                                      Quarter      Six Months
                                       Ended          Ended
                                      June 30,       June 30,
                                   1996     1995   1996   1995
                          (In millions of dollars, except share data)

NET SALES                         $956   $  877    $1,805  $1,721
COST OF SALES                      701      639     1,332   1,269

 Gross margin                      255      238       473     452

OPERATING EXPENSES
 Marketing and administrative 
   expenses                        116      102       244     215
 Science and technology expenses    20       19        41      37
 Provision for asbestos 
   litigation claims (8)           875        -       875       -
 Other                               6        2         3      13

   Total operating expenses      1,017      123     1,163     265

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS     (762)     115      (690)    187
 Cost of borrowed funds             18       23        36      49

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION
 FOR INCOME TAXES                 (780)      92      (726)    138
 Provision (credit) for 
   income taxes (3)               (304)      33      (288)     50

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE EQUITY
 IN NET INCOME OF AFFILIATES      (476)      59      (438)     88
 Equity in net income of 
   affiliates                        3        4         4       7


NET INCOME (LOSS)                $(473)   $  63     $(434)   $ 95


NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

Primary net income (loss) 
  per share                     $(9.19)  $ 1.25   $ (8.43)  $1.98

Fully diluted net income 
  (loss) per share              $(9.19)  $ 1.20   $ (8.43)  $1.88

Weighted average number 
  of common shares 
  outstanding (in millions)
    Primary                       51.5     50.4      51.5   48.0
    Assuming full dilution        51.5     53.4      51.5   52.3

</TABLE>

      The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
      

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                        OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<S>                                         <C>         <C>
                                             June 30,   Dec. 31,
                                               1996       1995
ASSETS                                    (In millions of dollars)

CURRENT

 Cash and cash equivalents                    $  24     $  18
 Receivables                                    423       314
 Inventories (4)                                329       253
 Insurance for asbestos litigation
  claims - current portion (8)                  100       100
 Deferred income taxes                           70        70
 VEBA trust                                      42        51
 Income tax receivable                            -        50
 Investment in affiliate held for sale            -        36
 Other current assets                            29        35

   Total current                              1,017       927

OTHER

 Insurance for asbestos litigation
  claims (8)                                    492       330
 Deferred income taxes                          597       252
 Goodwill (6)                                   262       249
 Investments in affiliates                       59        50
 Other noncurrent assets                        146       147

   Total other                                1,556     1,028

PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, at cost

 Land                                            56        52
 Building and leasehold improvements            596       581
 Machinery and equipment                      2,308     2,266
 Construction in progress                       244       168
                                              -----     -----
                                              3,204     3,067
 Less--Accumulated   depreciation            (1,797)   (1,761)
                                             ------    ------

 Net plant and equipment                      1,407     1,306

TOTAL ASSETS                                 $3,980    $3,261

</TABLE>
                              
     The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
     


                                  -4-
                              
                     OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
                       CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                              (Continued)
<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>        <C>
                                              June 30,   Dec. 31,
                                                1996       1995
                                           (In millions of dollars)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT
 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     $ 534     $ 587
 Reserve for asbestos litigation claims -
  current portion (8)                           275       250
 Short-term debt                                152        64
 Long-term debt - current portion                18        35

   Total current                                979       936

LONG-TERM DEBT                                  972       794

OTHER
 Reserve for asbestos litigation claims (8)   1,841       887
 Other employee benefits liability              360       367
 Pension plan liability                          68        75
 Other                                          232       220

   Total other                                2,501     1,549

COMPANY OBLIGATED CONVERTIBLE
 SECURITY  OF SUBSIDIARY HOLDING
 SOLELY PARENT DEBENTURES (MIPS)                194       194

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 Common stock                                   584       579
 Deficit (7)                                 (1,219)     (781)
 Foreign currency translation adjustments       (12)        9
 Other                                          (19)      (19)

   Total stockholders' equity                  (666)     (212)

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
 EQUITY                                      $3,980     $3,261

</TABLE>

     The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
     



                             -5-
                              
               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
            CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                              
                                      Quarter      Six Months
                                       Ended          Ended
                                      June 30,       June 30,
                                    1996    1995   1996   1995
                                     (In millions of dollars)
<TABLE>
<S>                                <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS

  Net income (loss)                $(473)  $  63   $(434)  $ 95
 Reconciliation of net cash 
   provided by operating 
   activities:
   
   Noncash items:
   Provision for asbestos 
     litigation claims (8)           875       -     875      -
   Provision for depreciation 
     and amortization                 32      31      63     61
   Provision (credit) for 
     deferred income taxes          (345)     27    (345)    41
   Other                               4       3       7     12
  (Increase) decrease in 
     receivables                     (34)   (19)    (101)   (18)
  (Increase) decrease in 
     inventories                     (18)   (44)     (69)   (84)
  Increase (decrease) in accounts
   payable and accrued liabilities     2    (31)     (66)   (99)
  Increase (decrease) in accrued 
     income taxes                      7     21       55     15
  Other                               23    (49)     (14)   (77)

      Net cash flow from operations   73      2      (29)   (54)

NET CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING

 Additions to plant and equipment    (90)   (55)    (167)  (114)
 Investment in subsidiaries, 
  net of cash acquired (6)           (39)     -      (39)     -
 Proceeds from the sale of 
  affiliate                            -      -       55      -
 Other                                (6)     2      (12)     -
                              
      Net cash flow from 
        investing                  $(135)  $(53)   $(163) $(114)


</TABLE>

           The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
           


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               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
            CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                         (Continued)
                              
                                      Quarter      Six Months
                                       Ended          Ended
                                      June 30,      June 30,
                                   1996    1995   1996    1995
                                    (In millions of dollars)
<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>       <C>        <C>     <C>
NET CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING

 Net additions (reductions) to
  long-term credit facilities      $  86     $ (36)    $184    $ 70
 Other additions to long-term debt    13        17       13      51
 Other reductions to long-term debt  (20)      (74)     (32)   (102)
 Net increase (decrease) in
  short-term debt                     47       (32)      88     (19)
 Issuance of preferred stock of
  subsidiary (MIPS)                    -       194        -     194
 Other                                 -         1        2      (7)

      Net cash flow from financing   126        70      255     187

NET CASH FLOW FROM ASBESTOS-RELATED
ACTIVITIES

 Proceeds from insurance for asbestos
  litigation claims                   33        33       63      81
 Payments for asbestos litigation
       claims                        (86)      (57)    (121)   (155)

      Net cash flow from asbestos-
        related activities           (53)      (24)     (58)    (74)

Effect of exchange rate changes 
  on cash                              -         2        1       3

Net increase (decrease) in cash
 and cash equivalents                 11        (3)       6     (52)

Cash and cash equivalents at
 beginning of period                  13        10       18      59

Cash and cash equivalents at end
 of period                         $  24      $  7     $ 24    $  7
                              
</TABLE>
                              
                              
            The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
            


                             -7-
                              
               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
         NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         (unaudited)

<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>     <C>      <C>       <C>
                                     Quarter      Six Months
                                      Ended          Ended
                                     June 30,       June 30,
                                   1996    1995   1996    1995
1.   SEGMENT  DATA                   (In millions of dollars)

NET SALES

Industry Segments

 Building Materials
  United States                   $ 575   $ 493    $1,048   $  949
  Europe                             63      62       127      127
  Canada and other                   25      20        43       51

   Total Building Materials         663     575     1,218    1,127

 Composite Materials
  United States                     149     151       297      303
  Europe                            106     115       215      220
  Canada and other                   38      36        75       71

   Total Composite Materials        293     302       587      594

Intersegment sales
 Building Materials                   -       -         -        -
 Composite Materials                 29      26        54       52
 Eliminations                       (29)    (26)      (54)     (52)

   Net sales                      $ 956   $ 877    $1,805   $1,721

Geographic Segments

 United States                    $ 724   $ 644    $1,345   $1,252
 Europe                             169     177       342      347
 Canada and other                    63      56       118      122
                                  -----   -----    ------   ------  
                                    956     877     1,805    1,721

Intersegment sales
 United States                       21      14        38       27
 Europe                              12       3        21        7
 Canada and other                    19      25        40       45
 Eliminations                       (52)    (42)      (99)     (79)

   Net sales                      $ 956   $ 877    $1,805   $1,721

</TABLE>



                                          -8-
                              
                             OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
                       NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                      (Continued)
<TABLE>
<S>                                  <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
                                         Quarter          Six Months
1. SEGMENT DATA (Continued)               Ended              Ended
                                         June 30,           June 30,
                                       1996    1995      1996     1995
                                           (In millions of dollars)
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS (1)

Industry Segments

 Building Materials
  United States                       $ 70      $ 56      $ 83      $ 88
  Europe                                 3         5         8        13
  Canada and other                       -         1        (4)        8

   Total Building Materials             73        62        87       109

 Composite Materials
  United States                         37        41        68        75
  Europe                                20        15        40        23
  Canada and other                       5         6        11         9

   Total Composite Materials            62        62       119       107

 General corporate expense            (897)       (9)     (896)      (29)

   Income (loss) from operations      (762)      115      (690)      187

 Cost of borrowed funds                (18)      (23)      (36)     (49)

   Income (loss) before provision
     for income taxes                $(780)     $ 92     $(726)    $138


Geographic Segments

  United States                      $ 107      $ 97     $ 151     $163
  Europe                                23        20        48       36
  Canada and other                       5         7         7       17
  General corporate expense           (897)       (9)     (896)     (29)

   Income (loss) from operations      (762)      115      (690)     187

 Cost of borrowed funds                (18)      (23)      (36)     (49)

   Income (loss) before provision
     for income taxes                $(780)    $  92     $(726)    $138
</TABLE>
(1)   Income  from operations for the quarter and six  months
ended June 30, 1996, includes the Company's pretax charge  of
$875  million for asbestos litigation claims to  be  received
after  1999, all of which was recorded as a charge to general
corporate expense.  Income from operations for the six months
ended June 30, 1996 includes the Company's pretax gain of $37
million  from  the  sale  of its ownership  interest  in  its
Japanese  affiliate Asahi Fiber Glass Co. Ltd., all of  which
was  recorded  as  a reduction in general corporate  expense.
Also  included  are  special  charges  totaling  $42  million
including   valuation  adjustments  associated   with   prior
divestitures, major product line productivity initiatives and
a  contribution to the Owens Corning Foundation.  The  impact
of  these  special items was to reduce income from operations
for  Building   Materials in the United States,  Europe,  and
Canada  and other by $19 million, $1 million and $2  million,
respectively,  Composite Materials in the United  States  and
Europe  by  $3 million and $2 million, respectively,  and  to
increase general corporate expense by $15 million.
        


                               -9-
                              
               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
         NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         (Continued)

                              
2. GENERAL

The   financial  statements  included  in  this  Report   are
condensed  and  unaudited,  pursuant  to  certain  Rules  and
Regulations  of  the Securities and Exchange Commission,  but
include, in the opinion of the Company, adjustments necessary
for   a  fair  statement  of  the  results  for  the  periods
indicated, which, however, are not necessarily indicative  of
results which may be expected for the full year.

In  connection  with the condensed financial  statements  and
notes  included  in this Report, reference  is  made  to  the
financial  statements  and  notes thereto  contained  in  the
Company's 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

3. INCOME TAXES

The reconciliation between the U.S. federal statutory rate
and the Company's effective income tax rate is:
<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>     <C>     <C>      <C>
                                      Quarter      Six Months
                                       Ended         Ended
                                      June 30,      June 30,
                                   1996    1995   1996     1995
                                    (In millions of dollars)

U.S. federal statutory rate        (35)%   35%     (35)%    35%
Adjustment of deferred tax 
  asset allowance                    -      -       (1)      -
State and local income taxes        (3)     2       (4)      2
Other                               (1)    (1)       -      (1)

Effective tax rate                 (39)%   36%     (40)%    36%
</TABLE>
During  the  first  quarter  of 1996,  the  Company  reversed
approximately  $7  million  of its valuation  allowances,  as
management  determined that the operating loss  carryforwards
of certain foreign subsidiaries are realizable.

4.   INVENTORIES
<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>                <C>
Inventories are summarized as follows:
                                             June 30,         December 31,
                                               1996               1995
                                                (In millions of dollars)

Finished goods                                $  276             $  210

Materials and supplies                           139                127
FIFO inventory                                   415                337

Less: Reduction to LIFO basis                    (86)               (84)

Inventories                                   $  329             $  253
</TABLE>
Approximately   $191  million  and  $175  million   of   FIFO
inventories  were valued using the LIFO method  at  June  30,
1996 and December 31, 1995, respectively.
        


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               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
         NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         (Continued)

5.   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Cash payments, net of refunds, for income taxes and cost of
borrowed funds are summarized as follows:
<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
                                   Quarter        Six Months
                                    Ended           Ended
                                   June 30,         June 30,
                                1996     1995    1996     1995
                                   (In millions of dollars)

Income taxes                      $  8    $(23)   $ (9)    $(22)
Cost of borrowed funds              33      40      39       49
</TABLE>
The  Company  considers  all highly liquid  debt  instruments
purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be  cash
equivalents.

6.  ACQUISITIONS

During   the  second  quarter  of  1996,  the  Company   made
acquisitions in the U.K. and U.S. Building Materials segment.
The  aggregate  purchase price of the  acquisitions  was  $39
million.

These  acquisitions  were accounted for  under  the  purchase
method  of  accounting,  whereby  the  assets  acquired   and
liabilities  assumed have been recorded at their fair  values
and  the results of operations of the acquisitions have  been
included  in the Company's consolidated financial  statements
subsequent to the acquisition date.

The  purchase  price  allocations were based  on  preliminary
estimates  of fair market value and are subject to  revision.
The  purchases included goodwill of $7 million.  The goodwill
is  being  amortized on a straight-line basis over 40  years.
The pro forma effect of the acquisitions was not material  to
net income for the six months ended June 30, 1996 or 1995.

7. DIVIDENDS

During  the  second quarter of 1996, the Board  of  Directors
approved an annual dividend policy of 25 cents per share  and
declared  a  quarterly  dividend of  6-1/4  cents  per  share
payable on October 15, 1996 to shareholders of record  as  of
September 30, 1996.
                              
8.                        CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

ASBESTOS LIABILITIES

The  Company  is  a  co-defendant  with  other  former
manufacturers,  distributors  and  installers   of   products
containing asbestos and with miners and suppliers of asbestos
fibers (collectively, the "Producers") in personal injury and
property  damage  litigation.  The personal injury  claimants
generally   allege  injuries  to  their  health   caused   by
inhalation  of  asbestos fibers from the Company's  products.
Most  of  the  claimants seek punitive  damages  as  well  as
compensatory  damages.  The property damage claims  generally
allege  property  damage  to school,  public  and  commercial
buildings  resulting from the presence of products containing
asbestos.   Virtually  all of the  asbestos-related  lawsuits
against    the   Company  arise  out  of   its   manufacture,
distribution, sale
                              
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               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
         NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         (Continued)

8. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Continued)

or  installation of an asbestos-containing calcium  silicate,
high temperature insulation product, the manufacture of which
was discontinued in 1972.

Status

As  of June 30, 1996, approximately 152,200 asbestos personal
injury  claims  were pending against the  Company,  of  which
24,300  were received in the first six months of  1996.   The
Company  received approximately 55,900 such claims  in  1995,
29,100 in 1994, and 32,400 in 1993.

Many  of  the recent claims appear to be the product of  mass
screening programs and not to involve malignancies  or  other
significant   asbestos  related  impairment.    The   Company
believes that as many as 40,000 of the recent claims  involve
plaintiffs   whose  pulmonary  function  tests  (PFTs)   were
improperly   administered  or  manipulated  by  the   testing
laboratory  or  otherwise inconsistent  with  proper  medical
practice,  and  it  is  investigating  a  number  of  testing
organizations  and  their methods.   On  June  19,  1996  the
Company  filed  suit in federal court in New Orleans  against
the  owners  and operators of certain lab facilities  in  the
southeastern   U.S.   challenging   such   improper   testing
practices.

The  Company  is  engaging in discussions  with  a  group  of
approximately  30  leading plaintiffs' law firms  to  explore
approaches toward resolution of its asbestos liability.   The
discussions are expected to cover the possible resolution  of
both  pending  claims and claims that may  be  filed  in  the
future.   While  discussions  are  ongoing,  the  law   firms
involved in the talks have agreed to refrain from serving any
further  asbestos claims on the Company unless  they  involve
malignancies.  This agreement may have impacted the number of
cases  received by the Company during the second  quarter  of
1996.

Through   June  30,  1996,  the  Company  had  resolved   (by
settlement  or  otherwise)  approximately  176,900   asbestos
personal  injury claims, including the dismissal in May  1996
of  approximately  15,000 maritime cases, which  named  Owens
Corning  as  a defendant, for lack of medical proof.   During
1993,  1994,  and  1995,  the Company resolved  approximately
60,000  asbestos  personal injury claims,  over  99%  without
trial,  and incurred total indemnity payments of $641 million
(an average of about $10,700 per case).

The  Company's  indemnity payments have  varied  considerably
over  time  and  from case to case, and  are  affected  by  a
multitude of factors.  These include the type and severity of
the  disease  sustained by the claimant (i.e.,  mesothelioma,
lung  cancer,  other types of cancer, asbestosis  or  pleural
changes); the occupation of the claimant; the extent  of  the
claimant's    exposure   to   asbestos-containing    products
manufactured, sold or installed by the Company; the extent of
the   claimant's  exposure  to  asbestos-containing  products
manufactured,  sold  or  installed by  other  Producers;  the
number  and financial resources of other Producer defendants;
the  jurisdiction of suit; the presence or absence  of  other
possible  causes of the claimant's illness; the  availability
or  not  of legal defenses such as the statute of limitations
or  state  of the art; whether the claim was resolved  on  an
individual  basis  or  as  part of a  group  settlement;  and
whether  the  claim  proceeded  to  an  adverse  verdict   or
judgment.


                            -12-

               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
         NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         (Continued)

8. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Continued)

Insurance

As  of  June  30,  1996, the Company had  approximately  $367
million in unexhausted insurance coverage (net of deductibles
and self-insured retentions and excluding coverage issued  by
insolvent  carriers) under its liability  insurance  policies
applicable   to  asbestos  personal  injury   claims.    This
insurance,  which is substantially confirmed,  includes  both
products  hazard  coverage  and  primary  level  non-products
coverage.  Portions of this coverage are not available  until
1997 and beyond under agreements with the carriers confirming
such  coverage.   All  of the Company's  liability  insurance
policies  cover  indemnity  payments  and  defense  fees  and
expenses subject to applicable policy limits.

In  addition  to  its  confirmed primary  level  non-products
insurance,   the   Company  has  a  significant   amount   of
unconfirmed potential non-products coverage with excess level
carriers.    For  purposes  of  calculating  the  amount   of
insurance applicable to asbestos liabilities, the Company has
estimated  its  probable  recoveries  in  respect   of   this
additional  non-products  coverage  at  $225  million,  which
amount  was  recorded in the second quarter  of  1996.   This
coverage  is  unconfirmed  and  the  amount  and  timing   of
recoveries  from these excess level policies will  depend  on
subsequent negotiations or proceedings.

Reserve

The  Company's 1995 financial statements included  a  reserve
for  the  estimated  cost associated with  asbestos  personal
injury  claims  that may be received through the  year  1999.
Such  financial statements did not include any provision  for
the  cost  of  unasserted claims which might be  received  in
years  subsequent to 1999 because management  was  unable  to
predict  the  number of such claims and other  factors  which
would  affect the cost of such claims.  Throughout 1996,  the
Company  continued  to  review  the  feasibility  of   making
provision for the cost of unasserted asbestos personal injury
claims  with respect to claims which may be received  by  the
Company  during and after the year 2000.  In conducting  such
review the Company took into account, among other things, the
effect of recent federal court decisions relating to punitive
damages  and  the certification of class actions in  asbestos
cases,  the  pendency of the discussions with  the  group  of
plaintiffs' law firms referred to above, the results  of  its
continuing  investigations of medical screening practices  of
the  kind  at  issue in the New Orleans PFT law suit,  recent
developments as to the prospects for federal and  state  tort
reform,  the  continued rate of case filings at  historically
high  levels,  additional  information  on  filings  received
during  the 1993-1995 period and other factors.  As a  result
of the review, the Company has taken a non-recurring, noncash
charge  to earnings of $1.1 billion in the second quarter  of
1996.   This charge represents the Company's estimate of  the
indemnity   and  defense  costs  associated  with  unasserted
asbestos personal injury claims that may be received  by  the
Company in years subsequent to 1999.

The  combined effect of the $1.1 billion charge and the  $225
million  probable additional non-products insurance  recovery
was an $875 million charge in the second quarter of 1996.

The  Company's  estimated  total liabilities  in  respect  of
indemnity  and  defense  costs associated  with  pending  and
unasserted  asbestos  personal  injury  claims  that  may  be
received          in         the         future          (the
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               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
         NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         (Continued)

8. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Continued)

"Liabilities"),  and  its estimated insurance  recoveries  in
respect  of  such  claims  (the  "Insurance"),  are  reported
separately as follows:
<TABLE>
                                   Asbestos Litigation Claims
                                     June 30,   December 31,
                                       1996        1995
                                    (In millions of dollars)
<S>                                  <C>              <C>
Reserve for asbestos
litigation claims

     Current                         $  275           $ 250
     Other                            1,841             887

                                      2,116           1,137
Insurance for asbestos
litigation claims

     Current                            100            100
     Other                              492            330

     Total Insurance                    592            430


     Net Asbestos Liability          $1,524          $ 707
</TABLE>

The  Company  cautions that such factors  as  the  number  of
future  asbestos personal injury claims received by  it,  the
rate of receipt of such claims, and the indemnity and defense
costs  associated  with asbestos personal injury  claims,  as
well  as  the prospects for confirming additional  insurance,
including   the  additional  $225  million  in   non-products
coverage   referenced  above,  are  influenced  by   numerous
variables  that are difficult to predict, and that estimates,
such  as the Company's, which attempt to take account of such
variables,  are  subject  to considerable  uncertainty.   The
Company  believes  that  its  estimate  of  Liabilities   and
Insurance will be sufficient to provide for the costs of  all
pending  and  future  asbestos personal  injury  claims  that
involve    malignancies   or   significant   asbestos-related
functional impairment.  While such estimates cover unimpaired
claims,  the  number and cost of unimpaired claims  are  much
harder  to  predict and such estimates reflect the  Company's
belief that such claims have little or no value.  The Company
will  continue  to  review the adequacy of  its  estimate  of
Liabilities and Insurance on a periodic basis and  make  such
adjustments as may be appropriate.


Management Opinion

Although   any   opinion  is  subject  to  the  uncertainties
described above and must be based on information now known to
the  Company,  in the opinion of management,  any  additional
uninsured



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               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
         NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         (Continued)

8. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Continued)

and  unreserved costs which may arise out of pending personal
injury  and  property damage asbestos claims  and  additional
similar asbestos claims filed in the future will not  have  a
materially
adverse   effect   on   the  Company's  financial   position.
Management believes that any such additional costs would  not
impair the ability of the Company to meet its obligations, to
reinvest  in its business or to take advantage of  attractive
opportunities for growth.


NON-ASBESTOS LIABILITIES

Various  other  lawsuits and claims  arising  in  the  normal
course  of business are pending against the Company, some  of
which  allege substantial damages.  Management believes  that
the  outcome  of these lawsuits and claims will  not  have  a
materially adverse effect on the Company's financial position
or results of operations.


                              
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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
         CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(All  per  share information in Item 2 is on a fully  diluted
basis.   All  references to results from  ongoing  operations
exclude the impact of special items reported for the relevant
period.)

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

For  the second quarter of 1996, the Company reported  a  net
loss  of  $473 million, or $9.19 per share, compared  to  net
income  of  $63 million, or $1.20 per share, for the  quarter
ended  June 30, 1995.  The net loss was the result of a  $1.1
billion  charge  taken  during the quarter  to  quantify  the
Company's liability for asbestos claims to be received  after
1999  as  well as a probable $225 million additional recovery
from   insurance   carriers  (collectively,   the   "asbestos
charge"),  having  a  combined impact  after  taxes  of  $542
million.   Net income, excluding the impact of the  asbestos,
charge  increased by 10% to $69 million, or $1.25 per  share,
for  the  quarter when compared to the same period  in  1995.
The   earnings   growth  from  ongoing  operations   reflects
primarily  the benefits of acquisitions and reduced  cost  of
borrowed  funds,  offset in part by increased  administrative
charges    resulting    from   the    Company's    continuing
implementation   of   its  global  productivity   initiative,
Advantage 2000.

Net  sales were $956 million for the quarter ended  June  30,
1996, a 9% increase from the 1995 level of $877 million.  The
growth  is  attributable to volume increases in the  Building
Materials segment, particularly in the U.S., coupled with the
incremental  increases from acquisitions.  Gross  margin  for
the  quarter  ended June 30 was 27% in both  1996  and  1995.
Earnings  before  interest  and  taxes  (EBIT)  from  ongoing
operations  was $113 million in the second quarter  of  1996,
compared to $115 million in the second quarter of 1995.

For  the six months ended June 30, 1996, the Company reported
a  net loss of $434 million, or $8.43 per share, compared  to
net  income  of  $95  million, or $1.88 per  share,  for  the
comparable 1995 period. Net income ongoing operations for the
first  six  months  of 1996 was $108 million,  or  $1.98  per
share,  an  increase  of 14% over the comparable  prior  year
period.   Net  sales for the six months ended June  30,  1996
were  $1.805  billion, a 5% increase over the $1.721  billion
reported  in  the  first six months of 1995.   This  increase
reflects   the   incremental   sales   from   the   Company's
acquisitions in combination with the improvement in  Building
Materials sales in the U.S.

Marketing and administrative expenses from ongoing operations
for   the   six   months  ended  June  30,   1996   increased
approximately 10% over the same period in 1995, primarily  as
a  result  of  incremental administrative expenses  from  the
acquisitions late in 1995 and early 1996 as well as an impact
from the continuing implementation of the Company's Advantage
2000  program.  Advantage 2000 is a business system  designed
to  accelerate the speed and simplify the processes of  doing
business  globally.   When fully implemented,  the  Advantage
2000  program  will  replace over 200 fragmented  information
systems  with a fully integrated system, leading to increased
productivity and cost savings.

In the Building Materials segment, sales increased 15% and 8%
for  the quarterly and six month periods ended June 30, 1996,
respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year.
This  growth reflects the incremental sales from acquisitions
coupled  with  an increase in volume, particularly  in  North
America.  The second quarter sales increase in North  America
was largely driven by the roofing and asphalt business in the
U.S.  which benefited from an increase in demand following  a
slow  first  quarter  hampered by severe weather  conditions.
Additionally,  the  Company  is  realizing  the  benefits  of
integrating  new  products  into  its  distribution  systems,
improving  the  sales  of products like Foamular(R).   Income
from ongoing operations for Building Materials increased  18%
for  the  quarter and was relatively unchanged  for  the  six
months  ended  June  30,  1996  when  compared  to  the  same



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periods  in  1995.   The increase in the  second  quarter  is
primarily due to productivity improvements in the roofing and
asphalt business.

In  the  second quarter of 1996, the Company acquired certain
U.S.  assets  of  Partek Insulation, Inc.,  a  subsidiary  of
Partek   North   America,   Inc.    Partek's   rockwool-based
insulation  will  help  the  Company  extend  its  mechanical
insulation    product    offering   into   higher-temperature
applications.  Additionally, the Company acquired assets from
the  United Kingdom-based Linpac Insulation.  With production
facilities   in   the  U.K.  and  Spain,  Linpac's   extruded
polystyrene (XPS) PolyFoam(R) insulation will be added to the
Company's European building materials product line.

In  the Composite Materials segment, sales decreased slightly
for  the quarter and six months ended June 30, 1996, compared
to  the  prior year periods, as slight gains in the Company's
identified growth regions of Africa/Latin America  were  more
than  offset by declines attributable to a shift  in  product
mix  in North America, currency exchange fluctuations  and  a
softening demand in Europe.  Composite Materials income  from
ongoing  operations in the second quarter of  1996  was  even
with  the  second quarter of 1995. For the six  months  ended
June  30, 1996, income from ongoing operations increased  16%
compared  to  the same period in 1995, primarily  due  to  an
improvement in pricing coupled with productivity initiatives.

During  the quarter, the Company announced plans  for  a  new
large-diameter  glass  reinforced plastic  (GRP)  pipe  joint
venture  in Turkey, which is expected to start production  in
the   first   half  of  1997.   Additionally  the  previously
announced  GRP  pipe  venture  in  Cordoba,  Argentina  began
operations.  Generally, the Company's GRP pipe is marketed to
governments  and  private industry for  major  infrastructure
projects for the transport of water and waste.

The  Company's  cost of borrowed funds for the quarter  ended
June 30, 1996 was $5 million lower than during second quarter
1995,  reflecting  decreased borrowings  resulting  from  the
issuance  of  $200  million  of  convertible  monthly  income
preferred securities in May 1995.

LIQUIDITY, CAPITAL RESOURCES AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS

In  June  1996  the  Company  announced  that  its  Board  of
Directors had approved an annual dividend policy of 25  cents
per  share  and declared a quarterly dividend of 6-1/4  cents
per  share  payable  on October 15, 1996 to  shareholders  of
record as of September 30, 1996.

Cash   flow   from   operations,  excluding  asbestos-related
activities, was $73 million for the second quarter  of  1996,
compared to $2 million for second quarter 1995.  The increase
is  attributable in part to the partial reimbursement to  the
Company  from  the  VEBA  trust established  in  1995  and  a
reduction  in  the level of appeal bonds supporting  asbestos
trials.   Inventories  at June 30, 1996  increased  30%  over
December  31,  1995  levels  due to  the  Company's  seasonal
inventory  build  in  the first half  of  the  year  and  the
incremental  inventories of acquisitions.  Inventories  as  a
percent   of sales for the six months ended June 30  remained
constant at 18% for 1996 and 1995.  Please see Notes 4 and  5
to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

At  June 30, 1996, the Company's net working capital was  $38
million  and its current ratio was 1.04 compared to  negative
$9  million and .99, respectively, at December 31, 1995.  The
increase  in  1996 is in part due to the second quarter  1995
reduction in short-term borrowings and the seasonal build  of
inventories.  Additionally, during the first quarter of 1996,
the  Company  established  a new long-term  revolving  credit
facility  in the U.K. which replaced several short-term  debt
instruments in Europe.



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The  Company's total borrowings at June 30, 1996 were  $1.142
billion,   $249   million  higher  than  at  year-end   1995.
Typically, the Company reports greater cash usage during  the
first half of the year as the Company builds inventories  and
other working capital.

As  of  June 30, 1996, the Company had unused lines of credit
of   $225   million  available  under  long-term  bank   loan
facilities  and  an additional $152 million under  short-term
facilities,  compared  to  $358  million  and  $239  million,
respectively,  at year-end 1995.  The decrease  in  available
lines   of  credit  is  primarily  the  result  of  increased
borrowings.   Letters  of credit issued under  the  Company's
long-term  U.S. loan facility, most of which support  appeals
from  asbestos  trials, reduce credit  availability  of  that
facility.  The impact of such reduction is reflected  in  the
unused lines of credit discussed above.

Capital spending for property, plant and equipment, excluding
acquisitions and investments in affiliates, was  $90  million
and  $167  million for the quarter and six months ended  June
30,  1996,  respectively.  For the  year  1996,  the  Company
anticipates  capital spending, exclusive of acquisitions  and
investments in affiliates, to be approximately $313  million.
The  Company expects that funding for these expenditures will
be  from  the  Company's operations and external  sources  as
required.

Gross  payments  for asbestos litigation  claims  during  the
second  quarter  of  1996, including $13 million  in  defense
costs  and  $1 million for appeal bond and other costs,  were
$86  million.   Proceeds  from insurance  were  $33  million,
resulting in a net pretax cash outflow of $53 million, or $32
million  after-tax.  During the second quarter of  1996,  the
Company  received approximately 11,400 new asbestos  personal
injury cases and closed approximately 15,200 cases.  Over the
next twelve months, the Company's total payments for asbestos
litigation  claims, including defense costs, are expected  to
be  approximately $275 million.  Proceeds from  insurance  of
$100  million  are expected to be available  to  cover  these
costs,  resulting  in  a  net pretax  cash  outflow  of  $175
million,  or  $105 million after-tax.  The recording  of  the
$1.1  billion  charge  relating  to  asbestos  claims  to  be
received  after  1999 and the probable $225 million  recovery
from  excess  level non-products insurance  carriers  is  not
expected  to  impact cash payments until the year  2000,  and
will be spread out over 15 years or more.  Please see Note  8
to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company expects funds generated from operations, together
with  funds  available under long and short  term  bank  loan
facilities,  to  be sufficient to satisfy  its  debt  service
obligations under its existing indebtedness, as well  as  its
contingent liabilities for uninsured asbestos personal injury
claims.

In June 1996 the Company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District
Court  for  the  Eastern  District of  Louisiana  alleging  a
massive  scheme  to  defraud the Company in  connection  with
asbestos  litigation  cases.  The suit alleges  that  medical
test  results  in tens of thousands of asbestos  claims  were
falsified  by  the  owners and operators of  three  pulmonary
function testing laboratories.  The Company believes that  as
many   as  40,000  claims  in  its  current  backlog  involve
plaintiffs  whose  pulmonary function tests  were  improperly
administered  or  manipulated by the  testing  laboratory  or
otherwise inconsistent with proper medical practice.

The  Company has been deemed by the Environmental  Protection
Agency (EPA) to be a potentially responsible party (PRP) with
respect    to   certain   sites   under   the   Comprehensive
Environmental   Response,  Compensation  and  Liability   Act
(Superfund).  The Company has also been deemed  a  PRP  under
similar  state  or local laws, including two state  Superfund
sites  where the Company is the primary generator.  In  other
instances,  other PRPs have brought suits or  claims  against
the  Company  as a PRP for contribution under  such  federal,
state or local laws.  During the second quarter of 1996,  the
Company  was  not  designated a PRP in such  federal,  state,
local  or  private proceedings for any additional sites.   At
June  30,  1996, a total of 38 such PRP designations remained
unresolved  by  the Company, some of which  designations  the
Company  believes  to  be erroneous.   The  Company  is  also
involved with environmental investigation or remediation at a
number  of other sites at which it has not been designated  a
PRP.  The Company has established an $18 million reserve  for
its Superfund (and
              


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similar   state,   local  and  private   action)   contingent
liabilities.   In addition, based upon information  presently
available  to  the  Company,  and  without  regard   to   the
application   of   insurance,  the  Company  believes   that,
considered  in the aggregate, the additional costs associated
with  such  contingent  liabilities,  including  any  related
litigation  costs, will not have a materially adverse  effect
on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

The  1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (Act) provide that the EPA
will  issue regulations on a number of air pollutants over  a
period of years.  Until these regulations are developed,  the
Company  cannot determine the extent to which  the  Act  will
affect  it.  The Company anticipates that its sources  to  be
regulated will include glass fiber manufacturing and  asphalt
processing  activities.  The EPA's announced schedule  is  to
issue regulations covering glass fiber manufacturing by  late
1997  and  asphalt processing activities by late  2000,  with
implementation  as  to existing sources  up  to  three  years
thereafter.  Based on information now known to  the  Company,
including   the  nature  and  limited  number  of   regulated
materials  it emits, the Company does not expect the  Act  to
have a materially adverse effect on the Company's results  of
operations, financial condition or long-term liquidity.

                              
                              
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                 PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION
                              
ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See  the paragraphs in Note 8, Contingent Liabilities, to the
Consolidated   Financial   Statements   above,   which    are
incorporated here by reference.

As previously reported, the Company and more than 100 other c
ompanies  have signed individual agreements with  the  United
States  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  to  conduct  a
Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) Audit Program to determine
compliance status under TSCA section 8(e).  Under  a  further
agreement  with  EPA,  the Company  will  settle  all  claims
alleged by EPA in connection with this matter upon payment of
a $122,000 penalty.

ITEM 2.  CHANGES IN SECURITIES

(a)   None of the constituent instruments defining the rights
  of  the  holders  of any class of the Company's  registered
  securities  was materially  modified in the  quarter  ended
  June 30, 1996.

(b)   None  of  the  rights evidenced by  any  class  of  the
  Company's  registered securities was materially limited  or
  qualified  in  the  quarter ended  June  30,  1996  by  the
  issuance or modification of any other class of securities.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

(a)   During  the quarter ended June 30, 1996, there  was  no
  material  default  in  the payment of principal,  interest,
  sinking  or  purchase  fund  installments,  or  any   other
  material default not cured within 30 days, with respect  to
  any  indebtedness of the Company or any of its  significant
  subsidiaries exceeding 5 percent of the total assets of the
  Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

(b)   During  the  quarter ended June 30, 1996,  no  material
  arrearage  in the payment of dividends occurred, and  there
  was no other material delinquency not cured within 30 days,
  with respect to any class of preferred stock of the Company
  which  is  registered or which ranks prior to any class  of
  registered  securities, or with respect  to  any  class  of
  preferred  stock  of  any  significant  subsidiary  of  the
  Company.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

(a) The  Company's  annual meeting of stockholders  was  held
    April 18, 1996.

(c) The matters voted upon at the meeting, and the votes cast
    with respect to each, were:

       1.   Election of four directors for a term expiring in
       1999:   John H. Dasburg - 43,492,957 shares  cast  for
       election  and 406,364 shares withheld; Ann  Iverson  -
       43,488,199 shares cast for election and 411,122 shares
       withheld; W. Walker Lewis - 43,494,628 shares cast for
       election  and 404,693 shares withheld; and  Furman  C.
       Moseley, Jr. - 43,491,369 shares cast for election and
       407,952 shares withheld.

    2. Approval   of  amendments  to  the  Stock  Performance
       Incentive  Plan:  42,079,923  shares  cast   for   the
       proposal;  1,667,028 shares cast against; and  152,370
       shares abstained.
    
    3. Approval of the Long-Term Performance Incentive  Plan:
       42,166,518  shares  cast for the  proposal;  1,559,645
       shares  cast  against; and 173,158  shares  abstained.
       


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    4. Approval  of the Corporate Incentive Plan:  41,659,448
       shares  cast  for the proposal; 2,056,472 shares  cast
       against; and 183,401 shares abstained.

    5. Approval of the action of the Board of Directors
       in selecting Arthur Andersen LLP as independent public
       accountants  for  the  Company  for  the  year   1996:
       43,462,484  shares  cast  for  the  proposal;  345,980
       shares cast against; and 90,857 shares abstained.

    There were no broker nonvotes on any matter.

ITEM 5.                        OTHER INFORMATION

The  Company  does not elect to report any information  under
this item.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a) Exhibits.

     See  Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated here  by
reference.

(b) Reports on Form 8-K.

    During the quarter ended  June  30, 1996, the  Company
    filed a  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 20, 1996,
    under Item 5, "Other Events".
    


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                         SIGNATURES
                              
Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act
of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
                                                             
                                                             
                                         OWENS CORNING

                                           Registrant


Date: August 14, 1996                    By  /s/ David W. Devonshire
                                         David W. Devonshire
                                         Senior Vice President and       
                                         Chief Financial Officer
                                         (as both duly authorized     
                                         officer and principal financial
                                         officer)
                           


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                        EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number                        Document Description

 (3)  Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws.

      (i)  Certificate of Incorporation of Owens Corning,  as
           amended  (incorporated  herein  by  reference   to
           Exhibit (3) to the Company's annual report on Form
           10-K for  1995 (File No. 1-3660)).
        
     (ii)  By-Laws of Owens Corning, as amended (incorporated herein 
           by reference to Exhibit (3) to the Company's annual report 
           on Form 10-K for 1995 (File No. 1-3660)).

(10)    Material Contracts.

        Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan Terms Applicable
        to Certain Executive Officers (filed herewith).

        Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan Terms Applicable
        to  Officers  Other  Than Certain Executive  Officers
        (filed herewith).

        Stock Performance Incentive Plan, as amended
        (filed herewith).

        Corporate Incentive Plan Terms Applicable to  Certain
        Executive  Officers (incorporated herein by reference
        to  Exhibit (10) to the Company's quarterly report on
        Form  10-Q  (File No. 1-3660) for the  quarter  ended
        March 31, 1996).

        Corporate  Incentive  Plan Terms  Applicable  to  Key
        Employees  Other  Than  Certain  Executive   Officers
        (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (10)  to
        the  Company's  annual report on Form 10-K  for  1995
        (File No. 1-3660)).

                                                         
(11)    Statement re Computation of Per Share Earnings (filed
        herewith).

(27)    Financial Data Schedule (filed herewith).

(99)    Additional Exhibits

        Subsidiaries of Owens Corning, as amended (filed herewith).

                              


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                                             Exhibit 10 
                          OWENS CORNING
           LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN TERMS
            APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
               (as amended through June 20, 1996)


    Set  forth  below  are  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of
the Compensation  Committee, promulgated under the Stock
Performance Incentive  Plan as amended on June 15, 1995, that
constitute  the long-term  performance incentive plan terms
applicable  to  those employees  of the Company and its
Subsidiaries who are  executive officers     of  the  Company
and  whose  remuneration  for                any
performance period hereunder the Committee anticipates would
not be  deductible  by  the  Company in whole  or  in  part
but  for compliance with section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Internal
Revenue Code of  1986  as  amended  (''162(m) Covered
Employee''),  including members  of  the Board of Directors who
are such employees.  Such long-term performance incentive plan
terms are hereafter referred to  as the ''Long-Term Performance
Incentive Plan'', the ''Plan'' or the ''LTPIP''.

   1.   All  162(m)  Covered Employees shall be  eligible  to
be selected  to participate in this Long-Term Performance
Incentive Plan. The Committee shall select the 162(m) Covered
Employees who shall participate in this Plan in any performance
period no later than 90 days after the commencement of the
performance period (or no later than such earlier or later date
as may be the applicable deadline  for  any  compensation
payable to such  162(m)  Covered Employee  hereunder  for such
performance period  to  qualify  as ''performance-based'' under
section 162(m)(4)(C) of the  Internal Revenue  Code  of 1986 as
amended (the ''Code'')).  Selection  to participate  in  this
Plan in any performance  period  does  not require  the
Committee  to, or imply that  the  Committee  will, select  the
same  person to participate  in  the  LTPIP  in  any subsequent
performance period.

   2.  Being selected to participate in the Long-Term
Performance Incentive  Plan  in  any  performance  period means that
the individual is being granted the opportunity to earn a cash
award equal  to  the Fair Market Value of up to a specified
number  of shares of Company common stock if the Company
attains performance goals  established  by the Committee for
such performance  period and the participant's employment by
the Company, its Subsidiaries and  Affiliates continues without
interruption during that period (''phantom  performance
shares'').  Payment  for  each   phantom performance  share
that is earned shall be  based  on  the  Fair Market  Value of
a share of Company common stock on the  date  on which  the
Committee certifies (in accordance with paragraph  10 below)
that  the performance goals and any other material  terms
applicable  to  such  phantom  performance  share  were  in
fact satisfied.  Phantom performance shares may be redeemed
only  for cash  and  may not be redeemed for equity securities
in  lieu  of cash,  and are not transferable by the participant
other than  by will  or the laws of descent and distribution
(within the meaning of  SEC  Rule  16b-3(a)(2)).  If  (and
only  if)  the  Committee expressly  so  provides  at  the time
an  eligible  employee  is selected  to participate in the
LTPIP in any performance  period, the  participant's award for
such performance period may be  paid in  the form of shares of
Company common stock rather than  cash, in  which case all
provisions of this LTPIP applicable to phantom performance
shares  (other  than the preceding  sentence)  shall likewise
apply  to the participant's opportunity  to  earn  such
shares of Company common stock.
   3.   No  later  than  90 days after the commencement  of
each performance period (or than such earlier or later date as may
be the  applicable deadline for compensation payable  hereunder
for such performance period to qualify as ''performance-based''
under section  162(m)(4)(C) of the Code), the Committee shall
establish in  writing  the  method  for computing  the  number
of  phantom performance  shares which each participant in the
Plan  for  such performance  period will earn under the Plan
for such performance period if the performance goals
established by the Committee  for such  performance period are
attained in whole or in part and  if the participant's
employment by the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates
continues without interruption during that performance period.
Such  method shall be stated in terms  of  an  objective
formula  or  standard that precludes discretion to  increase
the amount  of  the award that would otherwise be due upon
attainment of  the  goals. No provision hereof is intended to
preclude  the Committee from exercising negative discretion
within the  meaning of the Treasury regulations under Code
section 162(m).

    No  later  than  90  days  after  the  commencement  of
each performance period (or than such earlier or later date as
may  be the  applicable deadline for compensation payable
hereunder  for such performance period to qualify as
''performance-based'' under section  162(m)(4)(C) of the Code),
the Committee shall establish in  writing  the  performance
goals for such performance  period, which  shall  be  based  on
any  of  the  following  performance criteria,  either alone or
in any combination, and  on  either  a consolidated  or
business  unit  level,  as  the  Committee  may determine:
sales growth, earnings per share growth,  cash  flow, cash
flow  from operations, operating profit growth, net  income
growth,  operating  margin,  net income  margin,  return  on
net assets,  return on total assets, return on common equity,
return on  total  capital, and total shareholder return.  The
foregoing criteria shall have any reasonable definitions that
the Committee may  specify,  which may include or exclude any
or  all  of  the following  items  as  the  Committee may
specify:  extraordinary, unusual  or  non-recurring items;
effects of accounting  changes; effects of currency
fluctuations; effects of financing activities (e.g.,  effect
on earnings per share of issuance of  convertible debt
securities);  expenses  for restructuring  or  productivity
initiatives;    other   non-operating   items;    spending
for acquisitions;  effects of divestitures; and effects  of
asbestos activities  and  settlements. Any such performance
criterion  or combination of such criteria may apply to the
participant's award opportunity  in  its  entirety or to any
designated  portion  or portions  of the award opportunity, as
the Committee may specify. Unless  the Committee determines
otherwise at any time  prior  to payment  of  a  participant's
award for  any  performance  period hereunder, extraordinary
items, such as capital gains and losses, which  affect any
performance criterion applicable to  the  award (including but
not limited to the criterion of net income)  shall be  excluded
or included in determining the extent to  which  the
corresponding performance goal has been achieved, whichever
will produce the higher award.

   4.   The first performance period under the LTPIP shall be
the period  commencing  on July 1, 1995 and ending  on  December
31, 1997. New performance periods of three years' duration each
shall commence on January 1, 1996 and on each subsequent
anniversary of that date.

   5.   No  later  than  90  days after  the  commencement  of
a performance period (or than such earlier or later date as may
be the  applicable  deadline  for compensation  hereunder  for
such
performance  period  to  qualify as  ''performance-based''
under section  162(m)(4)(C) of the Code), the Committee shall
establish in  writing  the number of phantom performance shares
which  each person  selected to participate in the LTPIP in
such  performance period   shall  be  granted  the  opportunity
to  earn  if the performance  goals  applicable to  such  performance  
period are achieved  in  whole or in part. In no event shall any
participant be  granted  the opportunity to earn more than
50,000 shares  (or the  cash  equivalent thereof) with respect
to  any  performance period  hereunder. (The foregoing amount
represents  the  highest number  of  shares  (or  equivalent
amount  of  cash)  which  any participant may be granted the
opportunity to earn hereunder  for any  performance period if
the maximum performance objectives for such performance period
are attained). The foregoing amount shall be  appropriately
adjusted  to reflect  a  change  in  corporate capitalization,
such as a stock split or dividend, or a corporate transaction,
such  as  any  merger,  consolidation,   separation (including
a  spinoff  or  other  distribution  of   property),
reorganization, or partial or complete liquidation.

   6.   Any  phantom performance shares granted under  this
Plan shall  be  paid  solely  on  account of  the  attainment
of  the performance goals established by the Compensation
Committee  with respect to such phantom performance shares,
within the meaning of applicable  Treasury  regulations.
Payment of  any  such  phantom performance   shares  shall
also  be  contingent  on   continued employment by the Company,
its Subsidiaries and Affiliates during the  performance period
to which such phantom performance  shares relate. The only
exceptions to these rules apply in the event  of termination
of  employment  by reason  of  death  or  Disability (within
the meaning of the Stock Performance Incentive  Plan  as
amended by the Board of Directors on June 15, 1995 (SPIP)), or
in the  event  of  a  Change of Control of the Company  (within
the meaning of the SPIP), during a performance period, in which
case the  following  provisions shall apply. In  the  event
that  the employment  of  a  participant  who  has  been
granted phantom performance   shares   with  respect  to  a  performance
period terminates by reason  of  death  or  Disability  during                 
such performance period, the participant shall be paid the cash
value of  the  number of phantom performance shares, if any,
that  the participant would have earned for such performance
period if  the participant's employment had not terminated
prior to the  end  of the performance period, multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of full
calendar months elapsed in  the performance period prior to the
termination of employment and the denominator  of  which  shall
be 30, in the  case  of  the  first performance  period, or 36,
in the case of subsequent performance periods. Such fractional
amount shall be paid at the time payment would  have  been
made if the participant's employment  had  not terminated
prior to the end of the performance  period.  In  the case  of
a  Change of Control during a performance  period,  all phantom
performance shares then outstanding shall  become  fully
vested, earned and payable as if maximum performance levels
were attained  and shall be cashed out by the Company as of
the  date the Change of Control occurs, if and to the extent so
provided in Article 8 of the SPIP. An additional exception
shall apply in the event of termination of employment by reason
of Retirement during a  performance period, but only if and to
the extent it will  not prevent  any award payable hereunder
(other than an award payable in   the  event  of  death,
Disability,  Change  of  Control  or Retirement) from
qualifying as ''performance-based compensation'' under  the
section  162(m)(4)(C) of the  Code.  Subject  to  the preceding
sentence,  in  the event  that  the  employment  of  a
participant who has been granted phantom performance shares
with respect   to  a  performance  period  terminates  by
reason   of Retirement  during such performance period, the
participant  may but  need  not (as the Committee may determine)
be paid the cash value  of the number of phantom performance shares, if
any,  that the participant would have earned for such
performance period  if the  participant's employment had not
terminated prior to the end of the performance period,
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of  which shall be the
number of full calendar months elapsed  in the performance
period prior to termination of employment and the denominator
of  which  shall be 30, in the  case  of  the  first
performance  period, or 36, in the case of subsequent
performance periods. Any such payment shall be made at the time
payment would have been made if the participant's employment
had not terminated prior  to the end of the performance period.
A participant  whose employment  terminates prior to the end of
a  performance  period for  any reason not excepted above shall
not be entitled  to  any payment   for   phantom  performance
shares  granted   to   such participant for that performance
period.
   7.   With  respect  to any phantom performance  share
granted hereunder,  in  no event shall the Committee have  discretion
to increase  the amount of compensation payable that would
otherwise be  due  upon  attainment of the performance goals
applicable  to such phantom  performance  share.  This  provision   
shall be administered   in   accordance  with  any   applicable
Treasury regulations under Code section 162(m).

   8.   Payment and vesting any awards granted under  this
LTPIP shall  be contingent upon stockholder approval at the 1996
Annual Meeting   of  Stockholders  of  the  amendments  to
the   Stock Performance  Incentive Plan that were adopted  by
the  Board  of Directors  on  June 15, 1995. Unless and until
such  shareholder approval is obtained, no LTPIP award shall
vest or be paid.

   9.   Payment of any awards granted under this LTPIP  shall
be contingent  upon shareholder approval, prior to payment,  of
the material  terms of the performance goals under which such
awards are   to   be  paid,  in  accordance  with  applicable
Treasury regulations  under  Code section 162(m). Unless  and
until  such shareholder approval is obtained, no such award
shall be paid.

  10.  Subject to the provisions of paragraph 6 above relating
to death,  Disability, Change of Control and Retirement, payment
of any  award granted under this LTPIP shall also be contingent
upon the  Compensation  Committee's certifying  in  writing
that  the performance goals and any other material terms
applicable to such award  were  in  fact  satisfied, in
accordance  with  applicable Treasury regulations under Code
section 162(m). Unless and  until the Committee so certifies,
such award shall not be paid.

   11.  Any amount payable to a participant hereunder shall be
in addition  to any other compensation to which the participant
may be contractually entitled for such performance period
pursuant to an  employment agreement with the Company, unless
such employment agreement provides otherwise.

   12.  All phantom performance shares are intended to
constitute Stock  Bonus  Awards  within the meaning of  the
SPIP,  and  are granted  under  and  subject to the terms and
conditions  of  the SPIP,  which  shall  control in the event
of  any  conflict.  All phantom  performance  shares shall be
documented  by  a  written instrument  issued  to  the
participant  and  signed  by  a  duly authorized
representative  of  the  Company.  The  Plan  is  not intended
to confer any rights upon any individual to any  phantom
performance  share  or  with respect to any  phantom
performance share.  All  such  rights,  if any,  shall  be
governed  by  and determined  exclusively in accordance with
the written instrument issued  to  the  participant  in
accordance  with  the  foregoing
provisions of this paragraph.
   13.   Capitalized terms which are used but not defined in
the Plan  shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
SPIP, unless the context requires otherwise.

  14.  The Committee may amend or terminate the Plan at any
time, provided  that  no such amendment or termination shall
adversely affect  any  outstanding phantom performance  share
without  the written consent of the participant.

    15.    Any   provision   of  this  Plan   to   the
contrary notwithstanding,  (a)  awards under this  Plan  are
intended  to qualify  as  performance-based compensation  under
Code  Section 162(m)(4)(C),  and  (b)  any provision of  the
Plan  that  would prevent  an  award  under the Plan from so
qualifying  shall  be administered,  interpreted  and
construed  to  carry  out   such intention  and  any  provision
that cannot  be  so  administered, interpreted and construed
shall to that extent be disregarded.











































                                                     Exhibit 10 
                          OWENS CORNING
           LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN TERMS
            APPLICABLE TO OFFICERS OTHER THAN CERTAIN
                       EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
                       
               (as amended through June 20, 1996)



     Set forth below are the Rules and Regulations of the
Compensation Committee, promulgated under the Stock Performance
Incentive Plan as amended on June 15, 1995, that constitute the
long-term performance incentive plan terms applicable to those
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are elected
or appointed officers of the Company, including members of the
Board of Directors who are such employees, other than any such
employees who are executive officers of the Company and whose
remuneration for any performance period hereunder the Committee
anticipates would not be deductible by the Company in whole or
in part but for compliance with section 162(m)(4)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended ("162(m) Covered
Employee"). Such long-term performance incentive plan terms are
hereafter referred to as the "LT Plan".

   1.  All employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who
are elected or appointed officers of the Company, including
members of the Board of Directors who are such employees, other
than 162(m) Covered Employees, shall be eligible to be selected
to participate in this LT Plan. The Committee may select the
eligible employees who shall participate in this LT Plan in any
performance period at any time before or during the first half
of the performance period. Selection to participate in this LT
Plan in any performance period does not require the Committee
to, or imply that the Committee will, select the same person to
participate in the LT Plan in any subsequent performance
period.

   2.  Being selected to participate in this LT Plan in any
performance period means, in the case of eligible executive
officers of the Company, that the individual is being granted
the opportunity to earn a cash award equal to the Fair Market
Value of up to a specified number of shares of Company common
stock if the Company attains performance goals established by
the Committee for such performance period and the participant's
employment by the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
continues without interruption during that period ("phantom
performance shares"). Payment for each phantom performance
share that is earned shall be based on the Fair Market Value of
a share of Company common stock on the date on which the
Committee determines that the performance goals and any other
material terms applicable to such phantom performance share
were in fact satisfied.

      If the "target" performance goals designated by the
Committee for any performance period are not attained or
exceeded, then, any provision above of this paragraph 2 to the
contrary notwithstanding, each executive officer who has been
granted phantom performance shares for such performance period
shall earn the number of such phantom performance shares
determined in accordance with the next sentence if such
officer's employment by the Company, its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates continues for seven years (or such shorter period as
the Committee may specify) after the close of such performance
period.  The number of phantom performance shares that shall be
earned in such event shall be equal to (a) minus (b) where (a)
is the number of phantom performance shares which the officer
would have earned if the "target" performance goals had been
attained but not exceeded in such performance period, and (b)
is the number of phantom performance shares which the officer
in fact earned in such performance period.  Payment for each
phantom performance share that is earned in such event shall be
based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Company common
stock on the last day of such seven year (or shorter) period
(or, if there is not such share traded on such day, on the next
preceding day on which such a share was traded).

     Phantom performance shares may be redeemed only for cash
and may not be redeemed for equity securities in lieu of cash,
and are not transferable by the participant other than by will
or the laws of descent and distribution (within the meaning of
SEC Rule 16b-3(a)(2)).  If (and only if) the Committee
expressly so provides at the time an eligible executive officer
is selected to participate in this LT Plan in any performance
period, the participant's award for such performance period may
be paid in the form of shares of Company common stock rather
than cash, in which case all provisions of this LT Plan
applicable to phantom performance shares (other than the
preceding sentence) shall likewise apply to the participant's
opportunity to earn such shares of Company common stock.  Being
selected to participate in this LT Plan in any performance
period means, in the case of participants other than executive
officers of the Company, that the individual is being granted a
combination of restricted shares of Company common stock and
performance shares.  The restricted shares shall entitle the
participant to vote and receive dividends, but shall be non-
transferable by the participant and shall be forfeited to the
Company unless either (a) the Company achieves performance
goals specified for such performance period and the
participant's employment by the Company, its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates continues without interruption during that period,
or (b) the participant's employment by the Company, its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates continues for seven years (or such
shorter period as the Committee may specify) after the close of
the performance period. The performance shares shall represent
the opportunity to earn up to a specified number of shares of
Company common stock in excess of the number of restricted
shares, or their cash value (as the Committee may determine),
if the Company achieves specified performance goals during the
performance period that exceed the performance goals which must
be achieved to earn the restricted shares and if the
participant's employment by the Company, its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates continues without interruption during that period.

     3.  At any time before or during the first half of each
performance period, the Committee shall establish the method
for computing the number of phantom performance shares,
restricted shares and performance shares (as applicable) which
each participant in the LT Plan for such performance period
will earn under the LT Plan for such performance period if the
performance goals established by the Committee for such
performance period are attained in whole or in part and if the
participant's employment by the Company, its subsidiaries and
affiliates continues without interruption during that
performance period. At any time before or during the first half
of each performance period, the Committee shall also establish
the performance goals for such performance period, which may be
based on any of the following performance criteria, either
alone or in any combination, and on either a consolidated or
business unit level, as the Committee may determine, or on such
other criteria as the Committee may select: Sales growth, 
Earnings Per Share growth, Cash Flow, Cash Flow from Operations, 
Operating Profit growth, Net Income growth, Operating Margin,
Net Income Margin, Return on Net Assets, Return on Total Assets, 
Return on Common Equity, Return on Total Capital, and Total 
Shareholder Return.  The foregoing criteria shall have any 
definitions that the Committee may specify, which may include or 
exclude any or all of the following items as the Committee may specify:
extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items; effect of
accounting changes; effects of currency fluctuations; effects
of financing activities (e.g., effect on earnings per share of
issuance of convertible debt securities); expenses for
restructuring or productivity initiatives; other non-operating
items; spending for acquisitions; effects of divestitures; and
effects of asbestos activities and settlements.  Any such
performance criterion or combination of such criteria may apply
to the participant's award opportunity in its entirety or to
designated portion or portions of the award opportunity, as the
Committee may specify.

     At any time prior to payment of an award for a performance
period hereunder, the Committee may determine whether
extraordinary items, such as capital gains and losses, which
affect any performance criterion applicable to the award
(including but not limited to the criterion of Net Income)
shall be excluded or included in determining the extent to
which the corresponding performance goal has been achieved.

     The first performance period under this LT Plan shall be
the period commencing on July 1, 1995 and ending on December
31, 1997.  New performance periods of three years' duration
each shall commence on January 1, 1996 and on each subsequent
anniversary of that date.

     5.  At any time before or during the first half of each
performance period, the Committee shall establish the number of
phantom performance shares which each eligible executive
officer selected to participate in this LT Plan in such
performance period, and the number of restricted shares and
performance shares which each other eligible officer selected
to participate in this LT Plan in such performance period,
shall be granted the opportunity to earn if the performance
goals applicable to such performance period are achieved in
whole or in part.  In no event shall any participant who is an
executive officer be granted the opportunity to earn more than
50,000 shares (or the cash equivalent thereof) with respect to
any performance period, and in no event shall any participant
who is not an executive officer be granted the opportunity to
earn more than 8,000 restricted shares and 4,000 performance
shares with respect to any performance period. (The foregoing
amounts represent the highest number of shares (or equivalent
amount of cash) which the participants in question may be
granted the opportunity to earn hereunder if the maximum
performance objectives are achieved with respect to any
performance period). The foregoing amounts shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect a change in corporate
capitalization, such as a stock split or dividend, or a
corporate transaction, such as any merger, consolidation,
separation (including a spinoff or other distribution of
property), reorganization, or partial or complete liquidation.

    6.  Payment of any phantom performance shares shall be
contingent on continued employment by the Company, its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates during the performance period to
which such phantom performance shares relate.  The only
exceptions to this rule apply in the event of termination of
employment by reason of death, Disability or Retirement (within
the meaning of the Stock Performance Incentive Plan as amended
by the Board of Directors on June 15, 1995 (SPIP)), or in the
event of a Change of Control of the Company (within the meaning
of the SPIP), during a performance period, in which case the
following provisions shall apply.  In the event that the
employment of a participant who has been granted phantom
performance shares with respect to a performance period
terminates by reason of death or Disability during such
performance period, the participant shall be paid the cash
value of the number of phantom performance shares, if any, that
the participant would have earned for such performance period
if the participant's employment had not terminated prior to the
end of the performance period, multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the number of full calendar months
elapsed in the performance period prior to the termination of
employment and the denominator of which shall be 30, in the
case of the first performance period, or 36, in the case of
subsequent performance periods.  Such fractional amount shall
be paid at the time payment would have been made if the
participant's employment had not terminated prior to the end of
the performance period.  In the case of a Change of Control
during a performance period, all phantom performance shares
then outstanding shall become fully vested, earned and payable
as if maximum performance levels were attained and shall be
cashed out by the Company as of the date the Change of Control
occurs, if and to the extent so provided in Article 8 of the
SPIP.   In the event that the employment of a participant who
has been granted phantom performance shares with respect to a
performance period terminates by reason of Retirement during
such performance period, the participant may (but need not, as
the Committee may determine) be paid the cash value of the
number of phantom performance shares, if any, that the
participant would have earned for such performance period if
the participant's employment had not terminated prior to the
end of the performance period, multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the number of full calendar months
elapsed in the performance period prior to termination of
employment and the denominator of which shall be 30, in the
case of the first performance period, or 36, in the case of
subsequent performance periods.  Any such payment shall be made
at the time payment would have been made if the participant's
employment had not terminated prior to the end of the
performance period.  A participant whose employment terminates
prior to the end of a performance period for any reason not
excepted above shall not be entitled to any payment for phantom
performance shares granted to such participant for that
performance period.

   7.  In the event that the employment of a participant who
has been granted restricted shares and performance shares with
respect to a performance period terminates by reason of death
or Disability during such performance period, the participant
shall vest in that number of the restricted shares, if any, and
shall be issued that number of performance shares, if any, that
the participant would have vested in or been issued at the end
of the performance period if the participant's employment had
not terminated prior to the end of the performance period,
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the
number of full calendar months elapsed in the performance
period prior to the termination of employment and the
denominator of which shall be 30, in the case of the first
performance period, or 36, in the case of subsequent
performance periods.  Such fractional number of shares shall be
issued free of restrictions at the time shares would have
vested or been issued if the participant's employment had not
terminated prior to the end of the performance period. In the
case of a Change of Control during a performance period, all
restricted shares and performance shares granted with respect
to such performance period that are then outstanding shall
become fully vested, earned and distributable as if maximum
performance levels were attained and shall be cashed out by the 
Company as of the date the Change of Control occurs, if and to the 
extent so provided in Article 8 of the SPIP.   In the event that the
employment of a participant who has been granted restricted
shares and performance shares with respect to a performance
period terminates by reason of Retirement during such
performance period, the participant may (but need not, as the
Committee may determine) vest in the number of restricted
shares and be issued the number of performance shares, if any,
that the participant would have earned for such performance
period if the participant's employment had not terminated prior
to the end of the performance period, multiplied by a fraction
the numerator of which shall be the number of full calendar
months elapsed in the performance period prior to termination
of employment and the denominator of which shall be 30, in the
case of the first performance period, or 36, in the case of
subsequent performance periods.  Any such shares shall be
issued free of restrictions at the time shares would have
vested or been issued if the participant's employment had not
terminated prior  the end of the performance period.  A
participant whose employment terminates prior to the end of a
performance period for any reason not excepted above shall not
be entitled to vest in any restricted shares or be issued any
performance shares granted to such participant for that
performance period.  In the case of a Change of Control after a
performance period, vesting of any restricted shares granted
with respect to such performance period that are then
outstanding shall continue to be contingent on the
participant's continued employment for seven years (or such
shorter period as the Committee may specify) after the close of
such performance period, in accordance with paragraph 2 above.
If any termination of employment (whether by reason of death,
Disability, Retirement or otherwise) occurs at any time after
the conclusion of a performance period, any restricted shares
that were granted with respect to such performance period and
that are outstanding on the date of such termination of
employment shall be forfeited.

     8.  Payment and vesting of any awards granted under this
LT Plan shall be contingent upon stockholder approval at the
1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the amendments to the
Stock Performance Incentive Plan that were adopted by the Board
of Directors on June 15, 1995.  Unless and until such
stockholder approval is obtained, no LT Plan award shall vest
or be paid.

     9.  Except as provided otherwise in this LT Plan or by the
Committee, payment and vesting of any award granted under this
LT Plan shall be contingent upon satisfaction of the
performance goals and employment conditions applicable to such
award.

   10.  At any time during a performance period, and without
the consent of any participant, the Committee may change the
performance criteria and/or performance goals applicable to
phantom performance shares, restricted shares and performance
shares granted under this LT Plan for such performance period.
Any such change may operate to the detriment or advantage of
the affected participants.

     11.  All awards granted under this LT Plan, whether
phantom performance shares, restricted shares or performance
shares, are intended to constitute Stock Bonus Awards within
the meaning of the SPIP, and are granted under and subject to
the terms and conditions of the SPIP, which shall control in
the event of any conflict.  All such awards shall be documented
by a written instrument issued to the participant and signed by
a duly authorized representative of the Company.  This LT Plan
is not intended to confer any rights upon any individual to any
award or with respect to any award.  All such rights, if any, shall
be governed by and determined exclusively in accordance with
the written instrument issued to the participant in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.

  12.  Capitalized terms which are used but not defined in
this LT Plan shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the SPIP, unless the context requires otherwise.

  13.  The Committee may amend or terminate this LT Plan at
any time, provided that no such amendment or termination
shall adversely affect any outstanding award without the
written consent of the participant.

  14.  Any provision of this LT Plan to the contrary
notwithstanding, (a) no provision of this LT Plan shall
apply to any 162(m) Covered Employee, and (b) any provision
of this LT Plan that would prevent an award to any 162(m)
Covered Employee under any plan or arrangement other than
this LT Plan from qualifying as "performance-based
compensation" under section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code shall
be administered, interpreted and construed to enable such
award to so qualify and any provision that cannot be so
administered, interpreted and construed shall to that extent
be disregarded.


                                             Exhibit 10
                        OWENS CORNING
              STOCK PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
                              
             (as amended through June 20, 1996)
                              
                              
ARTICLE 1. Establishment, Purpose, and Duration
   1.1  Establishment  of the Plan. Owens-Corning  Fiberglas
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to
as   the   ''Company''),  hereby  establishes  an  incentive
compensation   plan  to  be  known  as  the  ''Owens-Corning
Fiberglas  Corporation  Stock Performance  Incentive  Plan''
(such  Plan  as amended from time to time being  hereinafter
referred to as the ''Plan''), as set forth in this document.
The  Plan  permits the grant of Nonqualified Stock  Options,
Incentive   Stock  Options,  and  Stock  Bonuses  (including
Phantom Stock Bonuses and Restricted Stock).

  The Board of Directors of the Company approved the Plan on
January  23, 1992, subject to ratification by an affirmative
vote  of  a  majority of Shares of Common Stock present  and
entitled  to  vote at the 1992 Annual Stockholders  Meeting.
Following  such ratification, the Plan became effective  May
1,  1992 (the ''Effective Date''). The Board of Directors of
the  Company thereafter amended the Plan on June  15,  1995,
subject  to  stockholder approval of the amendments  at  the
1996 Annual Stockholders Meeting. Provided such approval  is
obtained, the Plan as so amended is effective as of June 15,
1995, and shall remain in effect as provided in Section  1.3
herein.

   1.2  Purpose of the Plan. The purpose of the Plan  is  to
promote the success and enhance the value of the Company  by
linking  the personal interests of Participants to those  of
Company  stockholders.  The  Plan  is  further  intended  to
provide  flexibility  to  the  Company  in  its  ability  to
motivate,  attract, and retain the services of  Participants
upon  whose  judgment,  interest,  and  special  effort  the
successful conduct of its operation largely is dependent.

   1.3 Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall commence on  the
Effective  Date,  as described in Section  1.1  herein,  and
shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board of
Directors  to  terminate the Plan at any  time  pursuant  to
Article 9 herein, until all Shares subject to it shall  have
been   purchased  or  acquired  according  to   the   Plan's
provisions.  However, in no event may an  Award  be  granted
under  the  Plan  on or after the tenth anniversary  of  the
Plan's Effective Date.


ARTICLE 2. Definitions and Construction

   2.1 Definitions. Whenever used in the Plan, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below and, when  the
meaning  is  intended, the initial letter  of  the  word  is
capitalized:

     (a) ''Affiliates'' means any corporation (other than  a
  Subsidiary),  partnership, joint  venture,  or  any  other
  entity  in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly,
  at   least   a  ten  percent  (10%)  Beneficial  Ownership
  interest.

     (b)  ''Award''  means, individually or collectively,  a
grant  under  this  Plan  of Nonqualified  Stock  Options,
Incentive   Stock  Options  or  Stock  Bonuses  (including
Phantom Stock Bonuses and Restricted Stock).

    (c)   ''Beneficial  Owner''  shall  have  the  meaning
ascribed  to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General  Rules
and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
    (d) ''Board'' or ''Board of Directors'' means the Board
of Directors of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation.

    (e)   ''Cause''  means  a  felony  conviction   of   a
Participant  or  the failure of a Participant  to  contest
prosecution  for  a  felony, or  a  Participant's  willful
misconduct  or  dishonesty, any of which is  directly  and
materially  harmful to the business or reputation  of  the
Company, including any Subsidiary, Parent, or Affiliate.

   (f)  ''Change  of  Control'' of the  Company  shall  be
deemed  to  have occurred as of the first day any  one  or
more   of   the  following  conditions  shall  have   been
satisfied:

      (i)  Any Person (other than the Company, any Company
   employee  benefit  plan (including  its  trustee),  any
   Person   acting  on  behalf  of  the   Company   in   a
   distribution  of  stock to the public,  or  any  entity
   owned   directly  or  indirectly  by  the  stockholders
   (immediately prior to such transaction) of the  Company
   in   substantially  the  same  proportions   as   their
   ownership  of the Company) is or becomes the Beneficial
   Owner,  directly  or indirectly, of securities  of  the
   Company  representing fifteen percent (15%) or more  of
   the  combined  voting  power of  the  then  outstanding
   securities  of  the Company entitled to vote  generally
   in the election of Directors; or
   
      (ii)  The  occurrence  of any transaction  or  event
   relating  to  the  Company  that  is  required  to   be
   reported  in response to the requirements of Item  5(f)
   of  Schedule  13E-3 of Regulation 13A of  the  Exchange
   Act; or
   
      (iii) When, during any period of two (2) consecutive
   years   during   the  existence  of   the   Plan,   the
   individuals  who,  at  the beginning  of  such  period,
   constitute  the  Board  of Directors  of  the  Company,
   cease for any reason other than death to constitute  at
   least a majority thereof, unless each Director who  was
   not  a  Director  at the beginning of such  period  was
   elected by, or on the recommendation of, at least  two
   thirds  (2/3rds) of the Directors at the  beginning  of
   such  period, provided that any Director elected by  or
   on  the  recommendation of at least two-thirds (2/3rds)
   of  the Directors at the beginning of any such two  (2)
   year  period shall be treated as if he or she had  been a
   Director at the beginning of such period; or
   
      (iv)  The  occurrence  of  a  transaction  requiring
   stockholder  approval  for  the  acquisition   of   the
   Company  by  an  entity other than  the  Company  or  a
   Subsidiary  through purchase of assets, or  by  merger,
   or otherwise.
   
   (g) ''Change-of-Control Price'' means the highest price
per  Share of Company Common Stock paid in any transaction
reported  on  the New York Stock Exchange Composite  Tape,
or  paid  in  any  transaction related to a  Potential  or
actual  Change  of  Control of the  Company  at  any  time
during  the  preceding sixty (60) calendar day period,  as
determined by the Committee.

   (h)  ''Code'' means the Internal Revenue Code of  1986,
as amended from time to time.

   (i)  ''Committee'' means the committee of  two  (2)  or
more  Directors  appointed by the Board to administer  the
Plan,  as further provided in Article 3 herein. When  used
herein,  ''Committee'' shall also include  any  person  or
persons  to  whom  the  Committee's  authority  has   been
lawfully delegated pursuant to Article 3.

     (j)   ''Company''   means   Owens-Corning   Fiberglas
Corporation,  a  Delaware corporation, and  any  successor
thereto as provided in Article 14 herein.

   (k)  ''Director'' means any individual who is a  member
of the Board of Directors of the Company.

   (l) ''Disability'' or ''Disabled'' means disability  as
determined under the long-term disability program  of  the
Company,  a  Subsidiary  or Affiliate  applicable  to  the
Employee.

   (m) ''Employee'' means any employee of the Company or a
Subsidiary,  including part time employees  and  employees
who  are represented by a collective bargaining agent with
respect to such employment.

   (n) ''Exchange Act'' means the Securities Exchange  Act
of  1934,  as amended from time to time, or any  successor
Act thereto.

   (o)  ''Fair Market Value'' means, as of any given date,
(i)  with respect to Incentive Stock Options, the  closing
sale  price  of  the Stock on such date on  the  New  York
Stock  Exchange Composite Tape; and (ii) with  respect  to
Nonqualified Stock Options and any other Awards under  the
Plan  not related to Incentive Stock Options, the  closing
sale  price  of  the Stock on such date on  the  New  York
Stock  Exchange Composite Tape, or, if (and only  if)  the
Committee  in its discretion so specifies, the average  on
such  date of the closing price of the Stock on  each  day
on  which  the Stock is traded over a period of up  to  20
trading  days immediately prior to such date. However,  if
the  foregoing method of determining Fair Market Value  is
not  consistent  with any then applicable  regulations  of
the  U.S.  Secretary  of the Treasury,  then  Fair  Market
Value   shall  be  determined  in  accordance  with  those
regulations.

   (p)  ''Incentive  Stock Options'' or ''ISO''  means  an
option  to  purchase  Shares,  granted  under  Article   6
herein,  which  the Committee designates as  an  Incentive
Stock  Option and is intended by the Committee to  qualify
for  the  tax  treatment  applicable  to  incentive  stock
options under Section 422 of the Code.

    (q)   ''Insider''   shall  mean  an   Employee   whose
transactions in equity securities of the Company  are,  at
the  time  an  Award is made under this Plan,  subject  to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
   (r) ''Nonqualified Stock Option'' or ''NQSO'' means  an
option  to  purchase  Shares,  granted  under  Article   6
herein,  which is not intended by the Committee to qualify
for  the  tax  treatment  applicable  to  incentive  stock
options under Section 422 of the Code.

   (s)  ''Option'' or ''Stock Option'' means an  Incentive
Stock  Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted under
Article 6 herein.

   (t)  ''Option Price'' means the price at which a  Share
may  be  purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option,
as  determined by the Committee, and as further  described
in Section 6.3 herein.

   (u)  ''Parent'' shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term  in  Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and  Regulations
under the Exchange Act.

   (v)  ''Participant'' means a current or former eligible
Employee  who has outstanding an Award granted  under  the
Plan.

   (w)  ''Period of Restriction'' means the period  during
which  the  transfer  of  Shares of  Restricted  Stock  is
limited  in  some way (based on the passage of  time,  the
achievement  of performance goals, or upon the  occurrence
of  other  events as determined by the Committee,  at  its
discretion),  and the Shares are subject to a  substantial
risk of forfeiture, as provided in Article 7 herein.

   (x)  ''Person'' shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term  in  Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used  in
Sections  13(d)(3)  and  14(d)(2)  thereof,  including   a
''group'' as defined in Section 13(d).

   (y)  ''Phantom Stock Bonus Award'' means an  amount  of
cash  that  is determined by reference to the Fair  Market
Value  of a designated number of Shares, which is paid  to
an  Employee or which the Committee agrees to  pay  to  an
Employee in the future in lieu of, or as a supplement  to,
any  other  compensation  that may  have  been  earned  by
services  rendered prior to the payment date,  subject  to
such  terms  and conditions (if any) as the Committee  may
impose. Phantom Stock Bonus Awards are a specific type  of
Stock Bonus Award.

   (z)  ''Potential  Change of Control''  of  the  Company
shall   mean  the  occurrence  of  one  or  more  of   the
following:

      (i)  The  entering into an agreement by the Company,
   the  consummation of which would result in a Change  of
   Control; or

       (ii)   The  acquisition  of  Beneficial  Ownership,
   directly  or indirectly, by any Person (other than  the
   Company,  any Company employee benefit plan  (including
   its  trustee),  any  Person acting  on  behalf  of  the
   Company  in  a distribution of stock to the public,  or
   any   entity  owned  directly  or  indirectly  by   the
   stockholders (immediately prior to the acquisition)  of
   the  Company  in substantially the same proportions  as
     their  ownership of the Company) of securities  of  the
     Company representing five percent (5%) or more  of  the
     combined   voting   power   of   the   Company's   then
     outstanding securities, and the adoption by  the  Board of
     Directors  of  a resolution to the  effect  that  a
     Potential   Change  of  Control  of  the  Company   has
     occurred for purposes of this Plan.
     (aa) ''Restricted Stock'' means an Award granted  to  a
  Participant pursuant to Article 7 herein.
     (bb)  ''Retirement''  means termination  of  employment
  with  the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates  at  or
  after  attainment  of  age  55 with  a  vested  retirement
  benefit  under a pension plan of the Company, a Subsidiary or
  Affiliate.
     (cc)  ''Share(s)''  or ''Stock'' means  the  Shares  of
  common  stock, $0.10 par value, of Owens-Corning Fiberglas
  Corporation.
     (dd)  ''Stock Bonus Award'' means Shares, or an  amount of
  cash  that  is  determined by reference  to  the  Fair Market
  Value of Shares, which is distributed or  paid  to an
  Employee  or which the Committee agrees to  distribute or  pay
  in the future in lieu of, or as a supplement  to, any  other
  compensation  that may  have  been  earned  by services
  rendered  prior to the distribution  or  payment date,
  subject to such terms and conditions  (if  any)  as the
  Committee may impose. The amount of any  Stock  Bonus Award
  payable in Shares may but need not be determined  by reference
  to  the  Fair Market Value  of  Stock.  Phantom Stock  Bonus
  Awards  and  Restricted  Stock  Awards   are specific types of
  Stock Bonus Awards.
     (ee) ''Subsidiary'' means any corporation in which  the
  Company  owns,  directly  or indirectly,  at  least  fifty
  percent  (50%) of the total combined voting power  of  all
  classes of stock, or any other entity (including, but  not
  limited to, partnerships and joint ventures) in which  the
  Company  owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined
  equity thereof.
     (ff)  ''Year'' or ''Plan Year'' means each  consecutive
  twelve  (12) month period beginning January 1  and  ending
  December 31.
  2.2 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the
context,  any  masculine term used  herein  also  shall include
the feminine, the plural shall include the singular, and the
singular shall include the plural.
   2.3  Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan
shall  be  held  illegal  or invalid  for  any  reason,  the
illegality  or  invalidity shall not  affect  the  remaining
parts  of  the  Plan, and the Plan shall  be  construed  and
enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been
included.


ARTICLE 3. Administration

   3.1 The Committee. The Plan shall be administered by  the
Compensation  Committee  of  the  Board,  or  by  any  other
Committee appointed by the Board consisting of not less than two
(2)  Directors who are not Employees. Unless the  Board
determines  otherwise,  the  Committee  shall  be  comprised
exclusively of Directors who are not Employees and  who  (i)
qualify  to administer the Plan under Rule 16b-3  under  the
Exchange Act as such Rule may be in effect from time to time
(''SEC  Rule  16b-3''),  and (ii) are ''outside  directors''
within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.  The
members  of  the Committee shall be appointed from  time  to
time by, and shall serve at the discretion of, the Board  of
Directors.
   3.2  Authority of the Committee. The Committee shall have
full  power,  subject to the provisions  herein,  to  select
Employees to whom Awards are granted; to determine the size,
types,  and  frequency  of  Awards  granted  hereunder;   to
determine  the  terms and conditions of  such  Awards  in  a
manner consistent with the Plan; to establish and administer any
performance goals applicable to awards hereunder and  to certify
that  any such goals are attained; to construe  and interpret
the Plan and any agreement or instrument  entered into under the
Plan; to establish, amend, or waive rules and regulations for
the Plan's administration; and to amend  the terms  and
conditions of any outstanding Award to the extent such  terms
and conditions are within the discretion of  the Committee  as
provided in the Plan. Further, the  Committee shall  make all
other determinations which may be  necessary or  advisable  for
the administration of the  Plan.  To  the extent permitted by
law, and to the extent allowable by  SEC Rule  16b-3,  the
Committee may delegate its authorities  as identified hereunder.

   3.3  Rule  16b-3 Requirements; Code Section  162(m).  Any
provision  of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding:  (i) the
Committee may impose such conditions on any Award as  it may
determine, on the advice of counsel, are  necessary  or
desirable  to satisfy any exemption from Section 16  of  the
Exchange  Act for which the Company intends transactions  by
Insiders  to qualify, including without limitation SEC  Rule 16b-
3;  (ii)  transactions by or with  respect  to  Insiders shall
comply with any applicable conditions of SEC Rule 16b3   unless
the   Committee  determines  otherwise;   (iii) transactions
with  respect  to persons  whose  remuneration would  not  be
deductible by the Company but for  compliance with  the
provisions of Section 162(m)(4)(C)  of  the  Code shall conform
to the requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code unless
the Committee determines otherwise; (iv) the Plan  is  intended
to give the Committee the  authority  to grant  awards that
qualify as performance-based compensation under  Code Section
162(m)(4)(C) as well as awards  that  do not so qualify; and (v)
any provision of the Plan that would prevent the Committee from
exercising the authority referred to  in clause (iv) above or
that would prevent an award that the Committee  intends  to 
qualify  as  performance-based compensation  under  Code  
Section  162(m)(4)(C)   from   so qualifying or that would prevent
any transaction by or  with respect  to  an  Insider from complying 
with any  applicable condition of SEC Rule 16b-3 with which the 
Committee intends such  transaction  to  comply, or  that  would  
prevent  any transaction by or with respect to an Insider from 
qualifying for any  exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act  
for which the  Company  intends  such  transaction  to  qualify (including
SEC   Rule  16b-3),  shall   be   administered, interpreted  and
construed to carry out such  intention  and any  provision  that
cannot be so administered,  interpreted and construed shall to
that extent be disregarded.

    3.4  Decisions Binding. All determinations and  decisions
made by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and
all  related  orders or resolutions  of  the  Board  of
Directors  shall be final, conclusive, and  binding  on  all
persons, including the Company, its stockholders, Employees,
Participants, and their estates and beneficiaries.
ARTICLE 4. Shares Subject to the Plan

  4.1 Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4.2 herein, the total number of Shares available for
grant under the Plan in each calendar year, during any  part of
which the Plan is effective, shall be two percent (2%) of the
total  outstanding Shares as of the first day  of  such calendar
year; provided, however, that Shares not granted in any
calendar year may be carried forward and granted in any of  the
three  immediately subsequent  calendar  years  (in addition  to
the new Shares made available in those  years). The  maximum
number of Shares with respect to which  Options may be granted
to any Employee in any calendar year shall be twenty-five
percent  (25%) of the total  number  of  Shares available for
grant under the Plan in such calendar year.

    No  more than 500,000 Shares may be issued or transferred
pursuant to Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan. No
more than one-half percent (.5%) of the total outstanding Shares
as  of  the first day of any calendar  year  may  be granted in
that year in the form of Stock Bonuses (including Phantom Stock
Bonuses and Restricted Stock). However, unused Shares  carried
forward from previous  years  shall  retain their  character
such  that  this  one-half  percent  (.5%) limitation  shall
increase in direct relationship  to  those unused Shares
reserved for Stock Bonuses in the prior  three years.

   The  Company may increase the Shares available for Awards in
any calendar year through an advance of up to twenty-five
percent   (25%)   of   the  subsequent   year's   allocation
(determined  by  using  twenty-five  percent  (25%)  of  the
current year's allocation), with such Shares retaining their
character  as to Stock Bonus grant availability. Any  Shares
granted  hereunder may consist, in whole,  or  in  part,  of
authorized and unissued Shares or Treasury Shares or  Shares
purchased in the open market or in private transactions  for
purposes of the Plan.

   4.2 Adjustments in Authorized Shares. In the event of any
merger,   reorganization,  consolidation,  recapitalization,
separation, liquidation, stock dividend, stock split,  Share
combination,  or other change in the corporate structure  of the
Company  affecting  the  Shares,  a  substitution         or
adjustment shall be made in the number and class  of  Shares
which may be delivered under the Plan, and in the number and
class  of  and/or  price  of Shares subject  to  outstanding
Options  and  Stock Bonus awards (including  any  Restricted
Stock  granted  hereunder),  as  may  be  determined  to  be
appropriate  and  equitable by the Committee,  in  its  sole
discretion,  to prevent dilution or enlargement  of  rights; and
further provided that the number of Shares  subject  to any
Award shall always be a whole number.

   4.3 Charging of Shares. If any Shares subject to an Award or,
in  the case of a Phantom Stock Bonus Award,  the  cash value of
any Shares on which such Award is based, shall  not be  issued,
transferred or paid to an  Employee  and  shall cease to be
issuable, transferable or payable to an Employee
because  of the termination, expiration or cancellation,  in
whole or in part, of such Award or for any other reason,  or if
any  such  Shares shall, after issuance or transfer,  be
reacquired  by the Company because of an Employee's  failure to
comply  with or satisfy the terms and conditions  of  an Award,
the Shares not so issuable or transferable or, in the case  of
a Phantom Stock Bonus Award, the Shares  the  cash value  of
which has ceased to be payable, or the Shares  so reacquired  by
the Company, as the case may  be,  shall  no longer  be charged
against the limitations provided  for  in section    4.1 above,
may again be made subject to Awards,  and
shall  be added to the number of Shares available for  grant
under  the  Plan  in the calendar year in which  the  Shares
cease  to be issuable or transferable, the cash value ceases to
be payable or the Shares are reacquired (as the case may be).


ARTICLE 5. Eligibility and Participation

   5.1  Eligibility. All Employees shall be eligible  to  be
selected  to  participate in this Plan, including  Employees who
are  Directors  but  excluding Directors  who  are  not
Employees.

  5.2 Actual Participation. Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, select from  all
eligible  Employees, those to whom Awards shall  be  granted and
shall  determine the nature and amount of  each  Award. Awards
may be made on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with other
Awards hereunder. Except as provided otherwise in Section  6.1
below, the grant of any award may be  effective on  the date on
which the Committee acts to grant the  award or  on  any
earlier  or subsequent date  specified  by  the Committee, and
the effective date specified by the Committee shall  be
considered the date of grant of the award for  all purposes of
this Plan.


ARTICLE 6. Stock Options

   6.1 Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions
of the Plan, the Committee may grant Options under this Plan to
eligible  Employees at any time and from time  to  time, whether
or  not  they are eligible to  receive  similar  or dissimilar
incentive compensation under any other  plan  or arrangement  of
the Company. Options may be granted  in  the form  of  ISOs,
NQSOs or a combination thereof.  Nothing  in this Article 6
shall be deemed to prevent the grant of NQSOs in  excess of the
maximum established by Section 422 of  the Code.  The grant of
any option may be effective on the  date on  which the Committee
acts to grant the option or  on  any subsequent  date  specified
by  the  Committee,   and                            the
effective   date  specified  by  the  Committee   shall   be
considered the date of grant of the option for all  purposes of
this Plan.

   6.2 Options to be in Writing. Each Option grant shall  be
evidenced  in  a writing signed by a representative  of  the
Company  duly  authorized to do so, that  shall  specify  or
incorporate  by reference the Option Price, the duration  of the
Option,  the  number  of Shares  to  which  the  Option
pertains,   and  such  other  provisions  as  are   provided
hereunder  and any other terms and conditions  that  may  be
imposed  by the Committee. The Option instrument also  shall
specify whether the Option is an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonqualified Stock Option.

  6.3 Option Price. In no case shall the Option Price of any
Option  granted  under this Plan be less  than  one  hundred
percent  (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share  on  the
date the Option is granted.

   6.4 Duration of Options. Each Option shall expire at such
time  as determined at the time of grant; provided, however,
that  no  Option shall be exercisable later than  the  tenth
(10th) anniversary date of its grant.

   6.5  Exercise of Options. Options granted under the  Plan
shall  be exercisable at such times and be subject  to  such
restrictions, terms and conditions as the Committee shall in
each  instance approve, which need not be the same for  each
grant  or  for each Participant. However, except as provided in
Article  8  herein, in no event may any  Option  granted under
this Plan become exercisable prior to six (6)  months following
the date of its grant.
   Options  shall be exercised by the delivery of a  written
notice  of exercise to the Company, or by giving the Company
notice  of such exercise by such other means as the  Company may
permit in accordance with applicable law, setting forth the
number of Shares with respect to which the Option is  to be
exercised, accompanied by full payment.
   The  Option  Price upon exercise of any Option  shall  be
payable  to the Company in full either: (a) in cash  or  its
equivalent;  or (b) by tendering previously acquired  Shares
having a Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal  to the
total Option Price (provided that the Shares which  are tendered
must have been held by the Participant for at least six  (6)
months  prior to their tender or  for  such  other period of
time, if any, as the Committee may direct); or (c) by a
combination of (a) and (b).
   The  Option Price shall also be deemed fully paid if  and
when  the  Company receives documentation that it determines
satisfies  the cashless exercise provisions of  the  Federal
Reserve  Board's Regulation T, or when the Option  Price  is
paid by any other means which the Committee determines to be
consistent with the Plan's purpose and applicable law.
    As  soon as practicable after receipt of notification  of
exercise   acceptable  to  the  Company  and  full   payment
(including tax withholding requirements, if any, as  further
provided in Article 12 herein), the Company shall deliver to the
Participant, in the Participant's name, in the name  of the
Participant  and another person as joint  tenants  with rights
of  survivorship, or in nominee or  street  name  on behalf of
the Participant (as the Participant may direct and the
Committee  may  permit)  Share  certificates         in   an
appropriate amount based upon the number of Shares purchased
under the Option(s).

   6.6 Restrictions. At the time of grant, restrictions  may be
imposed on any Shares acquired pursuant to the  exercise of  an
Option under the Plan, including, without limitation,
restrictions under applicable Federal securities laws, under the
requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such
Shares  are then listed and/or traded, and  under  any blue sky
or state securities laws applicable to such Shares.

  6.7 Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability, or
Retirement.
  (a) Termination by Death. In the event the employment of a
participant  with  the  Company  and  its  Subsidiaries   is
terminated  by reason of death, any outstanding Options  may
thereafter  be  immediately exercised, to  the  extent  then
exercisable  (or on such accelerated basis as the  Committee
shall   determine  at  or  after  grant),   by   the   legal
representative  of  the  estate or by  the  legatee  of  the
optionee  under the will of the optionee, for  a  period  of
three  years and six months (or such shorter period  as  the
Committee shall specify at or after grant) from the date  of
such  death  or until the expiration of the stated  term  of
such Option, whichever period is shorter.

    (b)   Termination  by  Disability.  If  a  Participant's
employment  with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates by
reason  of  Disability, any Stock Option  held  by  such
Participant  may thereafter be exercised, to the  extent  it was
exercisable at the time of termination due to Disability (or  on
such  accelerated  basis  as  the  Committee  shall determine at
or after grant), but may not be exercised after (i)  three
years and six months (or such shorter period  as the Committee
shall specify at or after grant) from the date of such
termination of employment, or (ii) the expiration of the  stated
term of such Stock Option, whichever  period  is shorter;
provided, however, that, if the  Participant  dies within such
three-year-and-six-month period (or such shorter period  as  the
Committee shall specify at or after  grant), any  unexercised
Stock Option held by such Participant shall thereafter  be
exercisable to the extent to  which  it  was exercisable  at
the time of death for a  period  of  twelve months  (or  such
shorter period  as  the  Committee  shall specify  at or after
grant) from the date of such  death  or for  the stated term of
such Stock Option, whichever  period is  shorter. If an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the  expiration  of
the  exercise periods  that  apply  for purposes of Section 422
of the Code, such Stock Option shall thereafter be treated as a
Nonqualified Stock Option.
    (c)   Termination  by  Retirement.  If  a  Participant's
employment   with  the  Company  and  its  Subsidiaries   is
terminated by reason of Retirement, any Stock Option held by
such  Participant may thereafter be exercised to the  extent it
was  exercisable at the time of such Retirement  (or  on such
accelerated basis as the Committee shall determine  at or  after
grant), but may not be exercised after five  years (or such
shorter period as the Committee shall specify at or after grant)
from the date of such termination of employment or  the
expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever
period is shorter; provided, however, that, if the Participant
dies  within such five  year  period  (or  such shorter  period
as the Committee may specify  at  or  after grant),   any
unexercised  Stock  Option  held   by   such Participant shall
thereafter be exercisable, to  the  extent to  which it was
exercisable at the time of death,  for  the shorter  of  (i)
and (ii) where (i) is a period  of  twelve months  (or  such
shorter period  as  the  Committee  shall specify  at or after
grant) from the date of such death  or, if  longer,  the
remainder of such five year  (or  shorter) period from the date
of such termination of employment,  and (ii)  is  the
expiration of the stated term  of  the  Stock Option. In the
event of termination of employment by  reason of  Retirement,
if an Incentive Stock Option  is  exercised after the expiration
of the exercise periods that apply  for purposes of Section 422
of the Code, such Stock Option shall
thereafter be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option.
   6.8  Termination of Employment for Other Reasons.  Unless
otherwise determined by the Committee at or after grant,  if a
Participant's  employment  with  the  Company  and       its
Subsidiaries terminates voluntarily (other than by reason of
Retirement  or under circumstances constituting Cause),  the
Stock  Option  shall thereupon terminate, except  that  such
Stock  Option  may  be  exercised  to  the  extent  it   was
exercisable at the time of termination of employment for the
lesser  of one year (or such shorter period as the Committee may
specify at or after grant) from the date of  employment
termination or the balance of such Stock Option's term. If a
Participant's   employment  with   the   Company   and   its
Subsidiaries  is  involuntarily terminated  by  the  Company
without Cause, the Option shall thereupon terminate,  except
that  it  may thereafter be exercised to the extent  it  was
exercisable at the time of termination of employment (or  on
such  accelerated basis as the Committee shall determine  at or
after grant) for the lesser of three years and six months (or
such shorter period as the Committee may specify at  or after
grant) from the date of employment termination or  the balance
of such Stock Option's term.

    If  the  employment of a Participant shall terminate  for
Cause,  all  outstanding  Options held  by  the  Participant
immediately  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  Company  and  no
additional  exercise period shall be allowed, regardless  of the
vested status of the Options.

  6.9 Nontransferability of Options. No Option granted under
the  Plan  may  be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned,  or
otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by  will  or by
the  laws  of  descent  and distribution.  Further,  all Options
granted to a Participant under the  Plan  shall  be exercisable
during  his  or  her  lifetime  only  by   such Participant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing  and  any  other provision  of the
Plan to the contrary, if the Committee  so permits, Options may
be transferred, following the death  of a
Participant,   to  a  beneficiary  designated   by       the
Participant in accordance with Article 10 below.

  6.10 Hardship Withdrawal Provision. No Employee shall make
any  elective contribution or employee contribution  to  the
Plan  (within  the  meaning of Treasury  Regulation  section
1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(iv)(B)(4))  during  the  balance   of   the
calendar  year  after the Employee's receipt of  a  hardship
distribution  from a plan of the Company or a related  party
within  the provisions of Code sections 414(b), (c), (m)  or (o)
containing a cash or deferred arrangement under section 401(k)
of the Code, or during the following calendar  year. The
preceding sentence shall not apply if and to the extent that
the Company determines it is not necessary to  qualify any  such
plan  as  a  cash or deferred  arrangement  under section 401(k)
of the Code.


ARTICLE 7. Restricted Stock

   7.1  Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms  and
provisions  of the Plan, Restricted Stock may be granted  to
eligible  Employees  at  any time and  from  time  to  time,
whether  or  not  they are eligible to  receive  similar  or
dissimilar  incentive compensation under any other  plan  or
arrangement of the Company. The purchase price for Shares of
Restricted  Stock  shall be equal to  their  par  value  per
Share.
   7.2  Restricted  Stock Agreement. Each  Restricted  Stock
grant  shall  be  evidenced by a Restricted Stock  Agreement
that  shall  specify the Period of Restriction, or  Periods, the
number  of  Restricted Stock Shares granted,  and  such other
provisions as provided hereunder or as the  Committee may
impose.

   7.3  Nontransferability of Restricted  Stock.  Except  as
provided  in this Article 7, the Shares of Restricted  Stock
granted  hereunder  may  not be sold, transferred,  pledged,
assigned,  or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until  the end
of the applicable Period of Restriction as specified  in the
Restricted Stock Agreement and the satisfaction of  any
conditions determined at the time of grant and specified  in the
Restricted Stock Agreement. However, except as provided in
Article  8 herein, in no event may any Restricted  Stock granted
under the Plan become vested in a Participant  prior to  six
(6)  months following the date of  its  grant.  All rights  with
respect to the Restricted Stock granted  to  a Participant under
the Plan shall be available during his  or her lifetime only to
such Participant.

   7.4  Other Restrictions. The Committee shall impose  such
other restrictions on any Shares of Restricted Stock granted
pursuant  to  the  Plan as it may deem advisable  including,
without  limitation, a required purchase price imposed  upon
Participants,  restrictions based upon  the  achievement  of
specific performance goals (Company-wide, divisional, and/or
individual), and/or restrictions under applicable Federal or
state  securities  laws;  and may  legend  the  certificates
representing Restricted Stock to give appropriate notice  of
such restrictions. Further, the Committee at its discretion, may
require that the Shares evidencing such Restricted Stock grants
be held in custody by the Company until any  or  all
restrictions thereon shall have lapsed.

   7.5 Certificate Legend. In addition to any legends placed
on   certificates  pursuant  to  Section  7.4  herein,  each
certificate representing Shares of Restricted Stock  granted
pursuant to the Plan shall bear the following legend:

     ''The  sale  or other transfer of the Shares  of  Stock
  represented   by  this  certificate,  whether   voluntary,
  involuntary,  or  by  operation  of  law,  is  subject  to
  certain  restrictions on transfer  as  set  forth  in  the
  Owens-Corning  Fiberglas  Corporation  Stock   Performance
  Incentive  Plan,  and  in  the  related  Restricted  Stock
  Agreement.  A  copy of the Plan and such Restricted  Stock
  Agreement  may  be obtained from the Secretary  of  Owens
  Corning Fiberglas Corporation.''
  
   7.6 Removal of Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided
in  this  Article 7, Shares of Restricted Stock  covered  by
each Restricted Stock grant made under the Plan shall become
freely transferable by the Participant after the last day of the
Period   of   Restriction,  provided  the   applicable
conditions  to  vesting of such Shares have been  fulfilled.
Once  the  Shares  are released from the  restrictions,  the
Participant shall be entitled to have the legend required by
Section 7.5 removed from his or her Share certificate.

   7.7  Voting Rights. During the Period of Restriction  and
prior  to any forfeiture of the Shares, Participants holding
Shares  of  Restricted Stock granted hereunder may  exercise
full voting rights with respect to those Shares.

   7.8  Dividends and Other Distributions. During the Period of
Restriction and prior to any forfeiture of  the  Shares,
Participants  holding  Shares of  Restricted  Stock  granted
hereunder  shall  be entitled to receive all  dividends  and
other  distributions paid with respect to those Shares while
they are so held. If any such dividends or distributions are
paid  in  Shares, the Shares shall be subject  to  the  same
restrictions  on transferability and forfeitability  as  the
Shares  of Restricted Stock with respect to which they  were
paid.

   7.9 Termination of Employment. The Committee may but need not
provide at or after the grant of Restricted  Stock  for the
restrictions on all or any designated  portion  of  the Shares
of Restricted Stock to lapse in the event of  death, Disability,
Retirement or other designated  termination  of employment.


ARTICLE 7A. Stock Bonuses

    7A.1  Except as otherwise provided in section 15.3, Stock
Bonus Awards shall be subject to the following provisions:

     (a)  An eligible Employee may be granted a Stock  Bonus
  Award whether or not he is eligible to receive similar  or
  dissimilar incentive compensation under any other plan  or
  arrangement of the Company.
     (b) Shares subject to a Stock Bonus Award (other than a
  Phantom  Stock  Bonus Award) may be issued or  transferred to
  an Employee, and the cash value of the Shares on which a
  Phantom  Stock Bonus Award is based may be paid  to  an
  Employee,  at the time such Award is granted,  or  at  any
  time  subsequent thereto, or in installments from time  to
  time,  and  subject to such terms and conditions,  as  the
  Committee  shall  determine. In the event  that  any  such
  issuance,  transfer or payment shall not be  made  to  the
  Employee  at the time such Award is granted, the Committee may
  but  need  not provide for payment to such  Employee, either
  in  cash or Shares, from time to time  or  at  the time  or
  times such Shares shall be issued or transferred or  cash
  shall be paid to such Employee, of  amounts  not exceeding
  the dividends which would have been payable  to such  Employee
  in  respect of such  Shares  (as  adjusted under  section
  4.2)  if such Shares had  been  issued  or transferred  to
  such Employee at the time such  Award  was granted.
     (c) Any Stock Bonus Award may, in the discretion of the
  Committee,  be  settled in cash, on  each  date  on  which
  Shares  would  otherwise  have been  delivered  or  become
  unrestricted, in an amount equal to the Fair Market  Value on
  such  date  of the Shares which would  otherwise  have been
  delivered  or become unrestricted. A  Phantom  Stock Bonus
  Award  shall be payable only in the form  of  cash. Subject
  to  Section 4.3 above, the Shares  subject  to  a Stock  Bonus
  Award (including a Phantom Stock Bonus Award) shall be
  deducted from the number of Shares available  for grant under
  the Plan, whether the Award is settled in  the form of cash or
  Shares.
     (d)  Stock Bonus Awards shall be subject to such  terms and
  conditions,    including,    without    limitation,
  restrictions  on  the  sale or other  disposition  of  any
  Shares  to  be  issued  or transferred  pursuant  to  such
  Award, and conditions calling for forfeiture of the  Award or
  the Shares issued or transferred or cash paid pursuant thereto
  in  designated circumstances,  as  the  Committee shall
  determine;  provided,  however,  that   upon   the
  issuance or transfer of Shares to an Employee pursuant  to any
  such Award, the recipient shall, with respect to such Shares,
  be and become a shareholder of the Company  fully entitled  to
  receive dividends, to vote and  to  exercise all  other
  rights of a stockholder except to  the  extent otherwise
  provided in the Award. All or any portion  of  a Stock Bonus
  Award may but need not be made in the form  of a Restricted
  Stock Award or a Phantom Stock Bonus Award.
  
     (e)  Each  Stock Bonus Award shall be  evidenced  in  a
  writing,  signed by a representative of the  Company  duly
  authorized  to do so, which shall be consistent  with  and
  subject to this Plan.

ARTICLE 8. Change of Control

  8.1 Acceleration and Cashout. Subject to the provisions of
Section  8.2  herein, upon the occurrence  of  a  Change  of
Control  of  the  Company,  or, if  and  to  the  extent  so
determined  by  the Committee in writing at or  after  grant
(subject to any right of approval expressly reserved by  the
Committee  at the time of such determination), in the  event of
a  Potential  Change of Control of the  Company,  unless
specifically prohibited by the terms of Article 15 herein:

      (a)   Any   Stock  Options  awarded  under  the   Plan
     immediately shall become fully vested and exercisable;
                                
     (b) Any restrictions and other conditions pertaining to
  outstanding   Stock  Bonuses  (including   Phantom   Stock
  Bonuses  and Restricted Stock), including but not  limited to
  vesting requirements, immediately shall lapse; and
  
     (c)  The  value  of all outstanding Stock  Options  and
  Stock   Bonuses  (including  Phantom  Stock  Bonuses   and
  Restricted Stock) shall, to the extent determined  by  the
  Committee at or after grant, be cashed out by the  Company on
  the  basis of the Change-of-Control Price (or, in  the case of
  Incentive Stock Options, Fair Market Value) as  of the  date
  the  Change  of Control  occurs,  or  Potential Change of
  Control is determined to have occurred, or  such other  date
  as the Committee may determine prior  to  the occurrence  of
  the Change of Control or Potential  Change of Control.
  
Notwithstanding  the foregoing provisions  of  this  Section
8.1,  the  Committee may determine, in its sole  discretion,
that  no  Change of Control or Potential Change  of  Control
shall  be  deemed  to  have  occurred  with  respect  to   a
Participant  (i)  by  reason  of  any  actions   or   events
(''Interested Actions'') in which the Participant acts in  a
capacity  other than as a director, officer or  employee  of the
Company   (or   a  Subsidiary  or   Affiliate,   where
applicable),  or  (ii) with respect to any  such  action  or
event   occurring  within  90  days  following  the   public
announcement  of  any  Interested  Actions,  regardless   of
whether  the  Participant is interested in  such  action  or
event.

  8.2 Award Replacement. Notwithstanding Section 8.1 herein, no
acceleration of vesting and exercisability, nor lapse of
restrictions and other conditions, nor cashout  shall  occur
(pursuant  to  Sections 8.1(a), (b),  and  (c)  herein)  for
outstanding  Awards  granted  hereunder  if  the   Committee
reasonably determines in good faith, prior to the Change  of
Control  or  Potential Change of Control, that  such  Awards
shall  be  honored  or  assumed, or new  rights  substituted
therefor  (such  honored,  assumed,  or  substituted   award
hereinafter   called   an  ''Alternative   Award'')   by   a
Participant's  employer (or the parent or  a  subsidiary  of
such  employer)  simultaneous with or immediately  following the
Change  of  Control  or Potential  Change  of  Control,
provided, however, that any such Alternative Award must:

      (a) In the event of Stock Options and Stock Bonuses:
                                
        (i)  Be  based  on  stock  which  is  traded  on  an
     established  securities market, or  which  will  be  so
     traded  within  thirty  (30)  days  of  the  Change  of
     Control or Potential Change of Control; or
        (ii)  Have a value based directly upon an  objective
     standard  of valuation (including, but not limited  to, a
     publicly  reported stock index)  acceptable  to  the
     Committee  under  the circumstances  and  provide  each
     Participant, subject to requirements as to  vesting  or
     lapse  of restrictions, with an opportunity to put  the
     Shares or other securities covered by the Award to  his or
     her employer (or the parent, general partner, or  a
     subsidiary of such employer) for purchase with  payment to
     be  made in cash within ten (10) business  days  of receipt
     of such employee's put;
  (b) For all Awards:
        (i) Provide such Participant (or each Participant in a
     class  of Participants) with rights and entitlements
     substantially equivalent to or better than the  rights,
     terms,  and  conditions applicable under  such  Awards,
     including, but not limited to, an identical  or  better
     vesting  schedule  and identical or better  timing  and
     methods of payment;
        (ii) Have substantially equivalent economic value to
     such  Awards (determined at the time of the  Change  of
     Control or Potential Change of Control);
        (iii)  Have terms and conditions which provide  that in
     the   event   the  Participant's   employment    is
     involuntarily    terminated    without     Cause     or
     constructively terminated:

           (A)  Any  conditions  on a  Participant's  rights
        under,   or   any   restrictions  on   transfer   or
        exercisability applicable to, each such  Alternative
        Award  shall be waived or shall lapse, as  the  case may
        be; and
        
           (B)  Each  Participant shall have  the  right  to
        surrender  such  Alternative  Awards  within  thirty
        (30)  days  following such termination  in  exchange for
        a  payment in cash equal to the excess  of  the Fair
        Market  Value  of  the stock  subject  to  the
        Alternative  Award over the price, if  any,  that  a
        Participant  would be required to  pay  to  exercise
        such Alternative Award.
For  this purpose, a constructive termination shall  mean  a
termination by a Participant following a material  reduction in
the  Participant's  compensation,  a  reduction  in  the
Participant's  responsibilities, or the  relocation  of  the
Participant's  principal  place  of  employment  to  another
location,  in  each  case without the Participant's  advance
written consent.

   8.3  Excise  Tax  Reimbursement. In the  event  that  any
accelerations,   lapse  of  restrictions,  cashouts,   Award
replacements,  and/or any other event under this  Plan  will
cause  a  Participant to be subject to the tax (the ''Excise
Tax'')  imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any  similar tax
that may hereafter be imposed), the Company shall pay to the
Participant at the time specified below  an  additional amount
(the ''Gross-up Payment'') such that the net  amount retained
by the Participant, after deduction of any  Excise Tax  on the
Total Payments (as hereinafter defined) and  any Federal, state,
and local income tax and Excise Tax upon the Gross-up  Payment
provided for by  this  Section  8.3,  but before deduction for
any Federal, state, or local income tax on the Total Payments,
shall be equal to the Total Payments.
   For  purposes of determining whether any Participant will be
subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such  Excise Tax:
     (a)  Any other payments or benefits received or  to  be
  received  by a Participant in connection with a Change  of
  Control  of the Company or a Participant's termination  of
  employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Plan  or any
  other  plan,  arrangement,  or  agreement  with  the
  Company,  any Person whose actions result in a  Change  of
  Control  of the Company or any Person affiliated with  the
  Company  or such Person) (which together with the benefits
  and/or  payments provided hereunder, shall constitute  the
  ''Total   Payments'')  shall  be  treated  as  ''parachute
  payments''  within  the meaning of Section  280G(b)(2)  of the
  Code,  and  all ''excess parachute payments''  within the
  meaning  of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code  shall  be treated
  as  subject  to the Excise  Tax  unless,  in  the opinion  of
  tax  counsel selected by the Committee,  such other  payments
  or benefits (in whole or in part)  do  not constitute
  parachute payments, or such  excess  parachute payments  (in
  whole  or  in  part)  represent  reasonable compensation  for
  services actually rendered  within  the meaning  of  Section
  280G(b)(4) of the Code in  excess  of the  base  amount within
  the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of  the  Code or are
  otherwise not subject to  the  Excise Tax;
  
     (b)  The  amount of the total Payments which  shall  be
  treated  as  subject to the Excise Tax shall be  equal  to the
  lesser  of:  (A)  the  total  amount  of  the  Total
  Payments;  or (B) the amount of excess parachute  payments
  within  the  meaning  of Section 280G(b)(1)  of  the  Code
  (after applying clause (a) above); and
  
     (c)  The  value of any noncash benefits or any deferred
  payment  or  benefit shall be determined by the  Company's
  independent auditors in accordance with the principles  of
  Section 280G(d)(3) of the Code.
  
For  purposes  of  determining the amount  of  the  Gross-Up
Payment, a Participant shall be deemed to pay Federal income
taxes  at  the  highest  marginal  rate  of  Federal  income
taxation for the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is
to  be  made and the applicable state and  local  income taxes
at  the  highest marginal rate of  taxation  for     the
calendar  year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be  made, net
of the maximum reduction in Federal income taxes  which could
be  obtained from deduction of such state  and  local taxes.  In
the  event that the Excise Tax  is  subsequently determined  to
be less than the amount taken  into  account hereunder  at  the
time the Gross-Up  Payment  is  made,  a Participant shall repay
to the Company at the time that                      the
amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the
portion  of the Gross-Up Payment attributable  to  such
reduction   (plus  the  portion  of  the  Gross-Up   Payment
attributable to the Excise Tax and Federal, state and  local
income  tax  imposed on the portion of the Gross-Up  Payment
being repaid by a Participant if such repayment results in a
reduction  in Excise Tax and/or a Federal, state, and  local
income  tax deduction), plus interest on the amount of  such
repayment  at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B)  of
the Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is determined  to
exceed  the amount taken into account hereunder at the  time the
Gross-Up  Payment is made (including by reason  of   any
payment   the  existence  or  amount  of  which  cannot   be
determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company
shall make an additional Gross-Up Payment in respect of such
excess  (plus  any  interest payable with  respect  to  such
excess)  at  the  time that the amount  of  such  excess  is
finally determined.

   The  Gross-Up Payment or portion thereof provided for  in
this  Section 8.3 shall be paid no later than the  thirtieth
(30th)  calendar day following payment of any amounts  under
this  section, provided, however, that if the amount of such
Gross-Up  Payment  or  portion  thereof  cannot  be  finally
determined on or before such day, the Company shall pay to a
Participant on such day an estimate, as determined  in  good
faith by the Company, of the minimum amount of such payments and
shall pay the remainder of such payments (together with interest
at  the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B)       of
the  Code)  as soon as the amount thereof can be determined, but
in  no event later than the forty-fifth (45th) calendar day
after payment of any amounts under this Section 8.3.   In
the  event that the amount of the estimated payments exceeds the
amount subsequently determined to have been  due,  such excess
shall  constitute a loan  by  the  Company  to  each
Participant, payable on the fifth (5th) calendar  day  after
demand  by the Company (together with interest at  the  rate
provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code).


ARTICLE 9. Amendment, Modification and Termination

   9.1 Amendment and Termination. The Board may, at any time and
from  time  to time, amend or modify the  Plan  in   any
respect  without  stockholder approval,  unless  stockholder
approval  of  the amendment or modification in  question  is
required  under  Delaware law, the Code  (including  without
limitation Code section 162(m)(4) and Code Section  422  and
Treasury  regulations  issued or proposed  thereunder),  any
applicable  exemption from Section 16 of  the  Exchange  Act
(including without limitation SEC Rule 16b-3) for which  the
Company  intends  transactions by Insiders to  qualify,  any
national securities exchange or system on which the Stock is
then  listed  or  reported, by any  regulatory  body  having
jurisdiction  with respect to the Plan, or under  any  other
applicable  laws, rules or regulations. The Board  may  also
terminate the Plan at any time. The Committee may amend  the
terms of any Award granted under the Plan, prospectively  or
retroactively, but no such amendment shall impair the rights of
any Participant without such Participant's consent.
   9.2  Awards Previously Granted. No termination, amendment or
modification  of the Plan shall in any manner  adversely affect
any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written
consent of the Participant holding such Award

ARTICLE 10. Beneficiary Designation

   The  Committee  may (but need not) permit a  Participant,
from  time  to time and subject to such terms and conditions as
it  may  impose, to name a beneficiary or  beneficiaries (who
may be named contingently or successively) to whom  any benefit
under the Plan is to be paid in case of his  or  her death
before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Each such
designation shall revoke all prior designations by the  same
Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by  the Company,  and
will  be effective only  when  filed  by  the Participant in
writing with the Human Resource Department of the  Company
during  the  Participant's  lifetime.  In  the absence  of any
such designation, benefits remaining  unpaid at   the
Participant's  death  shall  be   paid   to              the
Participant's estate.


ARTICLE 11. Rights of Employees; Other Plans and Arrangements

   11.1 Employment. Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or
limit  in any way the right of the Company to  terminate any
Participant's employment at any time, nor  confer  upon any
Participant any right to continue in the employ of  the Company.

   For  purposes  of the Plan, transfer of employment  of  a
Participant  between  the  Company  and  any  one   of   its
Subsidiaries  or  Affiliates (or  between  Subsidiaries  and
Affiliates) shall not be deemed a termination of employment.

  11.2 Participation. No Employee shall have the right to be
selected  to  receive an Award under this Plan,  or,  having
been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

   11.3 Transferability Restriction. Any derivative security
issued under this Plan (within the meaning of SEC Rule  16b
3(a)(2))  is not transferable by the participant other  than by
will   or   the  laws  of  descent  and   distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of the
Plan  to the contrary, if the Committee so permits, an award
under this Plan may be transferred, following the death of a
Participant, to a beneficiary designated by the  Participant in
accordance with Article 10 above.

  11.4 Other Plans and Arrangements. Nothing in this Plan is
intended to be a substitute for, or shall preclude or  limit the
establishment  or  continuation  of,  any  other  plan, practice
or arrangement for the payment of compensation  or fringe
benefits  to  directors,  officers,  or   employees generally,
or to any class or group of such persons,  which the  Company
or  any Subsidiary now has  or  may  hereafter
lawfully put into effect, including, without limitation, any
incentive    compensation,   retirement,   pension,    group
insurance,  restricted stock, stock purchase,  stock  bonus,
stock incentive or stock option plan.
ARTICLE 12. Withholding

   12.1  Tax Withholding. A Participant shall remit  to  the
Company  an  amount  sufficient to  satisfy  any  taxes  the
Company  determines are required by law to be withheld  with
respect to any grant, exercise, or payment made under or  as a
result of this Plan.
   12.2  Share  Withholding.  With  respect  to  withholding
required  upon the exercise of Options, upon  the  lapse  of
restrictions on Restricted Stock, or upon any other  taxable
event   hereunder,  the  Committee  may  permit  or  require
Participants, subject to such terms and conditions as it may
impose, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole  or in
part, by having the Company withhold Shares having a Fair Market
Value on the date the tax is to be determined  equal to  the
maximum marginal total tax which could be imposed on the
transaction  or such greater or lesser  amount  as  the
Committee  may  permit. If the Committee so  provides,  such
Shares  withheld  may  be  already owned  Shares  which  the
Participant  tenders  in  satisfaction  of  the  withholding
requirement or Shares issuable by the Company in  connection
with  the exercise of Options, the lapse of restrictions  on
Restricted  Stock or the other taxable event  hereunder,  or
Shares from any other source.


ARTICLE 13. Indemnification

    No  member of the Board or the Committee, nor any officer
or  employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Board or the
Committee, shall be personally liable for  any  action,
determination, or interpretation taken or made in good faith
with  respect to the Plan, and all members of the  Board  or the
Committee and each and any officer or employee  of  the Company
acting  on  their  behalf  shall,  to  the   extent permitted by
law, be fully indemnified and protected by  the Company  in
respect  of any such action,  determination  or interpretation.


ARTICLE 14. Successors

   All  obligations  of  the Company under  the  Plan,  with
respect to Awards granted hereunder, shall be binding on any
successor  to  the  Company, whether the existence  of  such
successor  is  the result of a direct or indirect  purchase,
merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all
of the business and/or assets of the Company.


ARTICLE 15. Requirements of Law

   15.1 Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and  the
issuance  of Shares under the Plan shall be subject  to  all
applicable  laws,  rules,  and  regulations,  and  to   such
approvals   by   any  governmental  agencies   or   national
securities exchanges, as the Company may determine apply.

   15.2 Governing Law. To the extent not preempted by Federal
law,  the  Plan,  and  all agreements  hereunder,  shall  be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State  of  Delaware, without reference to the principles  of
conflicts of laws of that State.

   15.3  Non-U.S. Laws. In the event the laws of  a  foreign
country, in which the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate has
Employees,   prescribe   certain  requirements   for   stock
incentives to qualify for advantageous treatment  under  the tax
or other laws or regulations of that country, the proper
officers  of the Company, may restate, in whole or in  part,
this  Plan  and  may include in such restatement  additional
provisions  for the purpose of qualifying the restated  plan and
stock incentives granted thereunder under such laws and
regulations;  provided,  however, that  (a)  the  terms  and
conditions  of any stock-based incentive granted under  such
restated  plan  may not be more favorable to  the  recipient
than  would  be permitted if such stock-based incentive  had
been  granted  under the Plan as herein set forth,  (b)  all
Shares  allocated  to or utilized for the purposes  of  such
restated plan shall be subject to the limitations of Article 4,
and (c) the provisions of the restated plan may give the Board
less  but not more discretion to amend  or  terminate such
restated  plan than is provided with respect  to  this Plan by
the provisions of Article 9 hereof








                                                Exhibit (11)
                                                            
               OWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIES
                              
              COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS
                              
                               Quarter Ended     Six Months Ended
                                  June 30,            June 30,
                               1996     1995     1996        1995
                               (In millions of dollars,except share 
                                     data and where noted)
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Primary:

Net income (loss)            $  (473)  $   63     $  (434)    $   95

Weighted average number 
  of shares outstanding 
  (thousands)                 51,538   49,917      51,512     47,648

Weighted average common 
  equivalent shares 
  (thousands):
     Deferred awards               -       15           -         15
     Stock options using 
       weighted average
       market price                -      469           -        376

Primary weighted average 
  number of common shares 
  outstanding and common 
  equivalent shares 
  (thousands)                 51,538   50,401      51,512     48,039

Primary per share amount     $ (9.19) $  1.25    $  (8.43)    $ 1.98

Fully Diluted:

Net income (loss)             $ (473) $    63    $   (434)    $   98

Weighted average number 
  of shares outstanding 
  (thousands)                  51,538  49,917      51,512     47,648
Weighted average common 
  equivalent shares 
  (thousands):
     Deferred awards                -      15           -         15
     Stock options using 
       the higher of average
       market price or market
       price at end of period       -     490           -        402
Shares from assumed conversion
  of debt                           -     728           -      2,901
Shares from assumed conversion
  of preferred securities           -   2,283           -      1,305

Fully diluted weighted average 
  number of common shares 
  outstanding and common 
  equivalent shares 
  (thousands)                  51,538  53,433      51,512     52,271

Fully diluted per share 
  amount                      $ (9.19) $ 1.20     $ (8.43)   $  1.88
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This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
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                                                 Exhibit (99)

                                             State or Other
                                             Jurisdiction
                                             Under the Laws of
Subsidiaries  of  Owens  Corning  (6/30/96)  Which Organized

 Barbcorp, Inc.                                Delaware
 Crosslink B.V.                                Holland
 Crown Manufacturing Inc.                      Canada
 Dansk-Svensk Glasfiber A/S                    Denmark
 Deutsche Owens-Corning Glasswool GmbH         Germany
 Eric Company                                  Delaware
 European Owens-Corning Fiberglas, S.A.        Belgium
 Falcon Foam Corporation                       Delaware
 Fiber-flex Co., Inc.                          New Jersey
 Fiberflex Incorporated                        Georgia
 Fiber-Lite Corporation                        Delaware
 IPM, Inc.                                     Delaware
 Kitsons Insulation Products Ltd.              United Kingdom
 Matcorp, Inc.                                 Delaware
 N.V. Owens-Corning S.A.                       Belgium
 O/C/FIRST CORPORATION                         Ohio
 OCFOGO, Inc.                                  Delaware
 O.C. Funding B.V.                             The Netherlands
 O/C/SECOND CORPORATION                        Delaware
 OC (UK) Holdings Limited                      United Kingdom
 OC Utah Four Corporation                      Utah
 OCW Corporation (dba, Delsan)                 Delaware
 Owens-Corning A/S                             Norway
 Owens Corning Building Materials Espana S.A.  Spain
 Owens-Corning Building Products (U.K.) Ltd.   United Kingdom
 Owens-Corning Canada Inc.                     Canada
 Owens-Corning Capital Holdings I, Inc.        Delaware
 Owens-Corning Capital Holdings II, Inc.       Delaware
 Owens-Corning Capital L.L.C.                  Delaware
 Owens Corning Cayman (China) Holdings         Cayman Islands
 Owens-Corning Cayman Limited                  Cayman Islands
 Owens-Corning Changchun Guan Dao Company Ltd. PRC China
 Owens Corning Espana SA                       Spain
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas A.S. Limitada         Brazil
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Deutschland GmbH      Germany
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Espana, S.A.          Spain
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas France S.A.           France
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas (G.B.) Ltd.           United Kingdom
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas (Italy) S.r.l.        Italy
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Norway A/S            Norway
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas S.A.                  Uruguay
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Sweden AB             Sweden
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Sweden Inc.           Delaware
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology Inc.       Illinois
 Owens-Corning Fiberglas (U.K.) Ltd.           United Kingdom
 Owens-Corning Finance (U.K.) plc              United Kingdom
 Owens-Corning FSC, Inc.                       Barbados

                                               State or Other
                                               Jurisdiction
                                               Under the Laws of
Subsidiaries  of  Owens  Corning  (6/30/96)    Which Organized

 Owens-Corning Funding Corporation             Delaware
 Owens-Corning (Guangzhou) Fiberglas Co., Ltd. PRC China
 Owens-Corning Holdings Limited                Cayman Islands
 Owens Corning HT, Inc.                        Delaware
 Owens-Corning Isolation France S.A.           France
 Owens-Corning Ontario Holdings Inc.           Canada
 Owens-Corning Overseas Holdings, Inc.         Delaware
 Owens-Corning (Overseas) Management Limited   Cyprus
 Owens Corning Polyfoam UK Ltd.                United Kingdom
 Owens-Corning Real Estate Corporation         Ohio
 Owens Corning (Shanghai) Fiberglas Co., Ltd.  PRC China
 Owens Corning (Singapore) PTE Ltd.            Singapore
 Owens-Corning  Trading, Ltd.                  British Virgin Islands
 Owens-Corning UK Holdings Limited             United Kingdom
 Owens-Corning Veil Netherlands B.V.           The Netherlands
 Owens-Corning Veil U.K. Ltd.                  United Kingdom
 Owens-Corning Vertriebs GmbH                  Germany
 Palmetto Products, Inc.                       Delaware
 Scanglas Ltd.                                 United Kingdom
 SFF Acquisition Corp.                         Tennessee
 SFF2 Acquisition Corp.                        Kentucky
 Soltech, Inc.                                 Kentucky
 UC Industries, Inc.                           Delaware
 WD s.a.                                       Belgium
 Western Fiberglass, Inc.                      Utah
 Western Fiberglass of Arizona                 Utah
 Western Fiberglass of Texas, Inc.             Utah
 Willcorp, Inc.                                Delaware
 Wrexham A.R. Glass Ltd.                       United Kingdom
 Owens Corning Pipe Africa (Pvt) Ltd.          Zimbabwe
 Zola Castor Holding Corporation               Delaware
 1053051 Ontario Inc.                          Canada
 1086269 Ontario Inc.                          Canada






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