Form: 10-K

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

April 1, 1996

EXHIBIT 24.1

Published on April 1, 1996



Exhibit 24.1
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Form 10-K
Limited Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of
Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation, hereby constitute and appoint R. David
Hoover, Albert R. Schlesinger, and George A. Sissel, and any one or all of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more
of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors
and officers of the Corporation the Form 10-K of the Corporation to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to sign any amendment to such
Form 10-K, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents and
attorneys-in-fact or any one of them, as herein authorized.

Dated: March 29, 1996
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/s/ R. David Hoover /s/ Frank A. Bracken
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R. David Hoover Officer Frank A. Bracken Director

/s/ Albert R. Schlesinger /s/ Howard M. Dean
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Albert R. Schlesinger Officer Howard M. Dean Director

/s/ George A. Sissel /s/ John T. Hackett
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George A. Sissel Officer John T. Hackett Director

/s/ John F. Lehman
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John F. Lehman Director

` /s/ Jan Nicholson
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Jan Nicholson Director

/s/ Alvin Owsley
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Alvin Owsley Director

/s/ George A. Sissel
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George A. Sissel Director

/s/ W. Thomas Stephens
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W. Thomas Stephens Director

/s/ William P. Stiritz
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William P. Stiritz Director