EXHIBIT 24.2
                          ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INCORPORATED
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
     Each   of  the  undersigned  directors  and  officers  of  Anheuser-Busch,
Incorporated,  a Missouri corporation ("ABI"), hereby  appoints August A. Busch
III, Jerry E. Ritter and JoBeth G.  Brown, and each of them acting singly,  the
true and lawful  agents and attorneys  of the undersigned,  with full power  of
substitution, to do all things and to execute all instruments which any of them
may deem necessary or advisable to enable the ABI to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933,  as amended, and  any rules, regulations  and requirements of  the
Securities and Exchange  Commission in respect thereof, in  connection with (i)
the proposed registration  under said Act pursuant to  a Registration Statement
on Form S-3  of an additional $648,000,000 principal  amount of debt securities
of  Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.,  ABI's parent corporation  (the "Company"),
(for a  total of  $750,000,000 available for  issuance, including  $102,000,000
which remains available under the Company's previous Registration Statement No.
33-49051),  and  (ii)  the  co-obligation  of  ABI  in  respect  of  such  debt
securities,  pursuant to Rule 415  under said Act and all  as authorized by the
Board of  Directors of  the Company  on June  28, 1995;  this authorization  to
include the  authority to  sign  the name  of each  of the  undersigned in  the
capacities indicated  below to the  said proposed Registration Statement  to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of said securities
and to any amendments to said prior or proposed Registration Statements.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  each of the undersigned  has executed a copy  of this
Power of Attorney as of June 28, 1995.

            August A. Busch III                   Patrick T. Stokes
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            August A. Busch III                   Patrick T. Stokes
           Chairman of the Board                President and Director
        and Chief Executive Officer
       (Principal Executive Officer)


              Jerry E. Ritter                      Gerald C. Thayer
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              Jerry E. Ritter                      Gerald C. Thayer
          Vice President - Finance                    Controller
                and Director                (Principal Accounting Officer)
       (Principal Financial Officer)


             W. Randolph Baker                    August A. Busch IV
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             W. Randolph Baker                    August A. Busch IV
                  Director                             Director

     
             Joseph L. Goltzman                  James F. Hoffmeister
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             Joseph L. Goltzman                  James F. Hoffmeister
                  Director                             Director






            James I. Hunter III                     John E. Jacob
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            James I. Hunter III                     John E. Jacob
                  Director                             Director


              Donald W. Kloth                    Gerhardt A. Kraemer
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              Donald W. Kloth                    Gerhardt A. Kraemer
                  Director                             Director


            Stephen K. Lambright                  Aloys H. Litteken
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            Stephen K. Lambright                  Aloys H. Litteken
                  Director                             Director


          Ellis W. McCracken, Jr.                 Anthony T. Ponturo
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          Ellis W. McCracken, Jr.                 Anthony T. Ponturo
                  Director                             Director


             William L. Rammes
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             William L. Rammes                       Jesus Rangel
                  Director                             Director


            Joseph P. Sellinger                  Wayman F. Smith III
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            Joseph P. Sellinger                  Wayman F. Smith III
                  Director                             Director