Exhibit No. 25

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Re:  1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K -


       I, James E. Marley, as a Director of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., do
hereby constitute and appoint, GEORGE A. LORCH or, in the case of his absence or
inability to act as such, E. ALLEN DEAVER, my agent, to sign in my name and in
my behalf the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1995, and any amendments thereto, to be filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, with the same effect as if such signature were made by me personally.




                                               /s/ James E. Marley
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                                         James E. Marley



Dated  February 27, 1996
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                                (Exhibit No. 25)


All powers of attorney required to be filed are substantially identical in all
material respects.  Therefore, in accordance with SEC Regulation 229.601(a)
Instruction 2, only the foregoing copy is being included except, however, that
the manually signed copy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
includes a complete set of powers of attorney.

All powers of attorney differ only from the form of the foregoing in that they
are executed by the following parties in the capacities indicated on or about
February 26, 1996, and the power by E. Allen Deaver appoints George A. Lorch
only as his agent:

     Frank A. Riddick, III  Senior Vice-President, Finance, and
                              Treasurer
                              (Principal Financial Officer)
     Bruce A. Leech, Jr.    Controller
                              (Principal Accounting Officer)
     H. Jesse Arnelle       Director
     Van C. Campbell        Director
     E. Allen Deaver        Director
     Ursula F. Fairbairn    Director
     Michael C. Jensen      Director
     James E. Marley        Director
     Robert F. Patton       Director
     J. Phillip Samper      Director
     Jerre L. Stead         Director

 
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                               (Exhibit No. 25)



                                        




I, L. A. Pulkrabek, Senior Vice-President and Secretary of Armstrong World
Industries, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that, at a meeting of the Board
of Directors of said corporation duly held on the 27th day of February, 1995, at
which a quorum was present and acting throughout, the following resolutions were
adopted and are now in full force and effect:



               RESOLVED That the 1995 annual report on Form 10-K in the form
     presented to this meeting has been reviewed by the Board of Directors; and
     the execution thereof on behalf of the Company by George A. Lorch or E.
     Allen Deaver, with such changes therein and additions or deletions thereto
     as either of them and the legal counsel to the Company may approve, and the
     filing thereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission after being so
     executed by the requisite number of directors personally or by their
     respective attorneys-in-fact, are hereby authorized.

               FURTHER RESOLVED That the execution of the 1995 annual report on
     Form 10-K by George A. Lorch, Bruce A. Leech, Jr. and Frank A. Riddick,
     III, personally or by their respective attorneys-in-fact, as principal
     executive officer, principal accounting officer, and principal financial
     officer, respectively, of the Company, is hereby authorized.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said corporation
this 13th day of March, 1996.



                                             /s/ L. A. Pulkrabek
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                                        Sr. Vice President & Secretary