CONSENT OF PRICE WATERHOUS
Published on July 30, 1997
Exhibit 24.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Ball Corporation of our report dated January 21, 1997,
which appears on page 24 of the Ball Corporation Annual Report, which is
incorporated by reference in Ball Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1996. We also consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules, which appears in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/Price Waterhouse LLP
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
JULY 29, 1997