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, 1995
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/s/ R. David Hoover                   /s/ Howard M. Dean
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R. David Hoover          Officer      Howard M. Dean                   Director

/s/ Albert R. Schlesinger             /s/ John T. Hackett  
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Albert R. Schlesinger     Officer     John T. Hackett                  Director

/s/ George A. Sissel                  /s/ John F. Lehman
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George A. Sissel          Officer     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/ Delbert C. Staley
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                                      Delbert C. Staley                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