CORNING'S WIDOW IS HOSPITALIZED.(Local)

Elizabeth P. Corning, the widow of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, was in serious condition this morning with a lung ailment at Albany Medical Center Hospital.

Corning, 78, of Corning Hill, was brought to the hospital in an ambulance Sunday afternoon and initially diagnosed as being in critical condition, according to Elmer Streeter, a medical center spokesman.

She was admitted to the hospital's intensive …