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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the undersigned directors of Diebold,
Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Ohio, do for themselves and not for another, constitute and appoint Warren
W. Dettinger, Charee Francis-Vogelsang or Gerald F. Morris, or any one of them,
a true and lawful attorney in fact in their names, place and stead, to sign
their names to the report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, or
to any and all amendments to such reports, and to cause the same to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission; it being intended to give and
grant unto said attorneys in fact and each of them full power and authority to
do and perform any act and thing necessary and proper to be done in the
premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned by
themselves could do if personally present.  The undersigned directors ratify
and confirm all that said attorneys in fact or either of them shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of
the date set opposite their signature.





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Signed in the presence of:                  Signature                                   Date
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/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang                 /s/Donald R. Gant                           March 9, 1995 
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                                            Donald R. Gant, Director



/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang                 /s/Raymond Koontz                           March 9, 1995 
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                                            Raymond Koontz, Director



/s/ Charee Francis-Vogelsang                /s/John N. Lauer                            March 9, 1995 
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                                            John N. Lauer, Director



/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang                 /s/William F. Massy                         March 9, 1995 
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                                            William F. Massy, Director