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                                                                      Exhibit 24
                                                              Powers of Attorney






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                                                                      Exhibit 24
                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas R. Carmody and Dawn M. Gray, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any Registration Statement on Form S-8 of American Business
Products, Inc. relating to the American Business Products, Inc. Employee
Savings Plan to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (whether
relating to the plan as currently in effect or the plan as it may be amended in
the future), and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         This 26th day of July 1995.




                                                         
/s/ F. Duane Ackerman                                       /s/ Robert W. Gundeck       
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 F. Duane Ackerman                                          Robert W. Gundeck

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John E. Aderhold                                            Hollis L. Harris


/s/  W.J. Biggers                                           /s/ W. Stell Huie           
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W.J. Biggers                                                W. Stell Huie


/s/ Thomas R. Carmody                                       /s/ Thomas F. Keller        
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Thomas R. Carmody                                           Thomas F. Keller


/s/ Henry Curtis VII                                        /s/ Rex A. McClelland       
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Henry Curtis VII                                            Rex A. McClelland


/s/ Herbert J. Dickson                                      /s/ G. Harold Northrop       
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Herbert J. Dickson                                          G. Harold Northrop