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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 1997

                                                     Registration No. 333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                            -------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            -------------------------


                              DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


                 OHIO                                    34-0183970
    (State or Other Jurisdiction            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of Incorporation or Organization)


         5995 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077, North Canton, Ohio 44720-8077
   (Address, including ZIP Code, of registrant's principal executive offices)


             DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 1997 MILESTONE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               Warren W. Dettinger
                       Vice President and General Counsel
                              Diebold, Incorporated
                        5995 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077
                          North Canton, Ohio 44720-8077
                                 (330) 489-4000
    (Name, address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number, including area
                          code, of agent for service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title of securities      Amount       Proposed maximum     Proposed maximum      Amount of
     to be                to be        offering price          aggregate       registration
   registered         registered(1)     per share(2)       offering price(2)     fee(2)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                      <C>              <C>                 <C>               <C>      
Common Shares of
the par value of         560,000          $43.8125            $24,535,000       $7,434.85
$1.25 per share


<FN>
(1)      The total number of shares of common stock reserved and available for
         distribution. Pursuant to Rule 416, this Form S-8 Registration
         Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities issued to
         prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
         similar transactions.

(2)      The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h)
         based on the average of the high and low prices of such securities
         reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 22, 1997, which average
         was 43.8125.
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                                     PART II


ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents previously filed by Diebold, Incorporated (the
"Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are
incorporated herein by reference:

         (1)      Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the Year ended
                  December 31, 1996;

         (2)      Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q dated April 30,
                  1997 for the Period ended March 31, 1997;

         (3)      The description of the Company's Common Shares contained in
                  the Company's Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
                  12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
                  Act"), including any amendments and reports filed for the
                  purpose of updating that description; and

         (4)      The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
                  contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with
                  the Commission on February 13, 1989.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to
be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable. (Securities to be offered are registered under Section
12 of the Exchange Act).

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The general effect of the Company's Code of Regulations is to provide
for the indemnification of its directors, officers and employees to the full
extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Ohio.

         Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code generally permits
indemnification of any director, officer or employee with respect to any
proceeding against any such person provided that: (a) such person acted in good
faith, (b) such person reasonably believed that the conduct was in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (c) in the case of
criminal proceedings, such person had no reasonable cause to believe that the
conduct was unlawful. Indemnification may be made against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlements actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding; provided, however,
that if the proceeding is one by or in the right of the corporation,
indemnification may be made only against reasonable expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and may not be made with respect to any proceeding in which the
director, officer or employee has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation,
except to the extent that the court in which the proceeding was brought shall
determine, upon application, that such person is, in view of all the
circumstances, entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem
proper. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction or upon a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE or its equivalent does not, of
itself, create a presumption that the director, officer or employee did not meet
the standard of conduct required for indemnification to be permitted.


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         Section 1701.13 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Ohio
further provides that indemnification thereunder may not be made by the
corporation unless authorized after a determination has been made that such
indemnification is proper, with that determination to be made (a) by the Board
of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not parties
to the proceedings; (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if
obtainable, but a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion; (c) by the shareholders; or (d) by the court
in which the proceeding was brought.

         Finally, Section 1701.13 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Ohio provides that indemnification provided by that Section is not exclusive of
any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under
the Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations or any agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

         The Company maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him
in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions. The Company also maintains
fiduciary liability insurance on behalf of any person involved in the management
or administration of any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         4(a)     Diebold, Incorporated 1997 Milestone Stock Option Plan.

         4(b)     Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
                  (filed as Exhibit 3.1(i) to the Company's Annual Report on
                  Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, and
                  incorporated herein by reference).

         4(c)     Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to Amended Articles
                  of Incorporation of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
                  Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996, and
                  incorporated herein by reference).

         4(d)     Code of Regulations of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4(c) to
                  the Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8
                  Registration Statement No. 33-32960 and incorporated herein by
                  reference).

         4(e)     Rights Agreement dated as of February 10, 1989 between
                  Diebold, Incorporated and Bank of New York (filed as Exhibit
                  2.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
                  February 10, 1989, and incorporated herein by reference).

         5        Opinion of Warren W. Dettinger, Vice President and General
                  Counsel of the Company, as to the validity of securities
                  registered hereunder.

         23       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. (Consent of counsel is
                  included in Exhibit 5.)

         24       Powers of Attorney on behalf of the directors and certain
                  officers of the Company.




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ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         (a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales
                           are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
                           registration statement:

                           (i)      To include any prospectus required by
                                    Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
                                    1933;

                           (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                                    events arising after the effective date of
                                    the registration statement (or the most
                                    recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                                    which, individually or in the aggregate,
                                    represent a fundamental change in the
                                    information set forth in the registration
                                    statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                                    any increase or decrease in volume of
                                    securities offered (if the total dollar
                                    value of securities offered would not exceed
                                    that which was registered) and any deviation
                                    from the low or high end of the estimated
                                    maximum offering range may be reflected in
                                    the form of prospectus filed with the
                                    Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
                                    the aggregate, the changes in volume and
                                    price represent no more than 20 percent
                                    change in the maximum aggregate offering
                                    price set forth in the "Calculation of
                                    Registration Fee" table in the effective
                                    registration statement;

                           (iii)    To include any material information with
                                    respect to the plan of distribution not
                                    previously disclosed in the registration
                                    statement or any material change to such
                                    information in the registration statement;

                  (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability
                           under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                           post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
                           registration statement relating to the securities
                           offered therein, and the offering of such securities
                           at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                           fide offering thereof.

                  (3)      To remove from registration by means of a
                           post-effective amendment of any of the securities
                           being registered which remain unsold at the
                           termination of the offering.

         (b)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
                  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
                  of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
                  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
                  Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
                  benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
                  reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be
                  a new registration statement relating to the securities
                  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall be deemed to be in the initial bona fide offering
                  thereof.

         (c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
                  Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
                  and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
                  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
                  advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
                  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
                  expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
                  event that a claim for indemnification against such
                  liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
                  expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
                  controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
                  of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
                  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
                  securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
                  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
                  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
                  jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by
                  it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
                  be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE
REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 AND HAS
DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF NORTH CANTON, STATE OF
OHIO, ON THIS 24TH DAY OF JULY 1997.


                                          DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED



                                   By:    /s/  Gerald F. Morris
                                          ----------------------------------
                                   Name:  Gerald F. Morris
                                   Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
                                          Financial Officer



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         PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.


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    Signature                                      Title                                     Date
    ---------                                      -----                                     ----


<S>                                       <C>                                            <C> 
*   /s/  Robert W. Mahoney                Chairman of the Board and                      July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------           Chief Executive Officer       
   Robert W. Mahoney                      (Principal Executive Officer) 


    /s/  Gerald F. Morris                 Executive Vice President and                   July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------           Chief Financial Officer     
    Gerald F. Morris                      (Principal Accounting and Financial
                                          Officer)


*   /s/  Louis V. Bockius III             Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    Louis V. Bockius III


*   /s/  Daniel T. Carroll                Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    Daniel T. Carroll


*   /s/  Richard L. Crandall              Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    Richard L. Crandall


*   /s/  Donald R. Gant                   Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    Donald R. Gant


*   /s/  L. Lindsey Halstead              Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    L. Lindsey Halstead


*   /s/  Phillip B. Lassiter              Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    Phillip B. Lassiter


*   /s/  John N. Lauer                    Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    John N. Lauer


*   /s/  William F. Massy                 Director                                       July 24, 1997
    ---------------------------
    William F. Massy


*  /s/  Gregg A. Searle                   Director                                       July 24, 1997
   ----------------------------
   Gregg A. Searle


*  /s/  W. R. Timken, Jr.                 Director                                       July 24, 1997
   ----------------------------
   W. R. Timken, Jr.

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         *This registration statement has been signed on behalf of the above
directors and certain officers by Gerald F. Morris, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power
of attorney filed as Exhibit 24 to this registration statement.


DATED:  July 24, 1997                 By:   /s/  Gerald F. Morris
                                            ---------------------
                                            Gerald F. Morris, Attorney-in-Fact


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



       Exhibit                    Exhibit
       Number                     Description
       ------                     -----------
         

        4(a)    Diebold, Incorporated 1997 Milestone Stock Option Plan.

        4(b)    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
                (filed as Exhibit 3.1(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form
                10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, and incorporated
                herein by reference).

        4(c)    Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders to Amended Articles of
                Incorporation of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
                Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996, and
                incorporated herein by reference).

        4(d)    Code of Regulations of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4(c) to the
                Company's Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8
                Registration Statement No. 33-32960 and incorporated herein by
                reference).

        4(e)    Rights Agreement dated as of February 10, 1989 between Diebold,
                Incorporated and Bank of New York (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the
                Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated February 10,
                1989, and incorporated herein by reference).

        5       Opinion of Warren W. Dettinger, Vice President and General
                Counsel of the Company, as to the validity of securities
                registered hereunder.

        23      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. (Consent of counsel is
                included in Exhibit 5.)

        24      Powers of Attorney on behalf of the directors and certain
                officers of the Company.


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                                                                    Exhibit 4(a)

                              DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED

                        1997 MILESTONE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                        --------------------------------


         1.    PURPOSE. The purpose of the 1997 Milestone Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan") is to reward the employees of Diebold, Incorporated, InterBold and their
subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") for their part in helping the Company
reach $1 billion in revenues in 1996, and to foster the interest of the
Company's employees in the growth and development of the Company by encouraging
stock ownership.

         2.    ELIGIBILITY.

               (A)       ELIGIBLE. Each salaried or hourly-paid employee of the
Company is eligible to be granted Common Shares under this Plan if:

                         (1)   based in the United States or its territories
                               (other than certain designated expatriates);

                         (2)   employed full-time or regularly scheduled to work
                               20 or more hours weekly;

                         (3)   on the active payroll or approved leave of 
                               absence on both December 31, 1996 and March 3, 
                               1997; and

                         (4)   not subject to an agreement with a specific
                               separation date.

               (B)       INELIGIBLE. Any individual who does not meet all the
requirements discussed immediately above, or who provides services to the
Company, directly or indirectly, on a leased, temporary, consulting, or other
contracted basis or as part of an educational cooperative program, is ineligible
to be granted Common Shares under this Plan.

         3.    SHARES AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN. Common Shares, par value $1.25 
per share, of Diebold, Incorporated are subject to options granted under this
Plan. Common Shares sold under this Plan may be treasury shares or shares of
original issue or a combination of the two. Subject to adjustment under
Paragraph 10 of this Plan, except as may be otherwise determined by the Board of
Directors of Diebold, Incorporated, no more than 600,000 Common Shares may be
sold upon the exercise of options under this Plan.

         4.    GRANT OF OPTION RIGHTS. Effective March 3, 1997, the Company has
granted to each eligible employee options to purchase 100 Common Shares, at a
per share exercise price of $41.94 which is equal to the February 28, 1997 fair
market value per share, determined by averaging the high and low sales prices on
the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the Wall Street Journal (Midwest
Edition). No option granted under the Plan will be treated as an "incentive
stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.

         5.    EXERCISABILITY.

               (A)       VESTING. The options will become exercisable only if 
the option holder has been continuously employed by the Company from the
effective date of the grant through the earliest of the following:

                        (1)     the retirement of the option holder under a
                                retirement plan of the Company or to which the
                                Company has contributed (including any
                                supplemental retirement plan) at or after the
                                earliest voluntary retirement age defined in the
                                applicable retirement plan or an earlier age
                                with the consent of the Chief Executive Officer
                                of Diebold, Incorporated;

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                        (2)     the death or permanent total disability, as
                                determined by the Company, of the option holder
                                while employed by the Company; or

                        (3)     March 3, 1999.

                (B)     TERMINATION. The options terminate upon the earliest of
                        the following dates:

                        (1)     1 year after the death or permanent total
                                disability, as determined by the Company, of the
                                option holder while employed by the Company or
                                within the 90-day period discussed immediately
                                below;

                        (2)     90 days after the option holder ceases to be
                                employed by the Company for any reason
                                (including layoff) other than:

                                (a)     the retirement of the option holder
                                        under a retirement plan of the Company
                                        or to which the Company has contributed
                                        (including any supplemental retirement
                                        plan) at or after the earliest voluntary
                                        retirement age defined in the applicable
                                        retirement plan or an earlier age with
                                        the consent of the Chief Executive
                                        Officer of Diebold, Incorporated;

                                (b)     the death or permanent total disability,
                                        as determined by the Company, of the
                                        option holder while employed by the
                                        Company; or

                                (c)     the termination of the option holder for
                                        cause, as discussed below;

                        (3)     the date of termination for cause, which means a
                                termination due to the option holder's willful
                                and continuous gross neglect of his or her
                                duties for which the option holder is employed
                                by the Company, or due to an act of dishonesty
                                on the part of the option holder constituting a
                                felony resulting or intended to result, directly
                                or indirectly, in his or her gain for personal
                                enrichment at the expense of the Company; or

                        (4)     March 2, 2002.

                C.      METHOD OF EXERCISE.

                        (1)     NOTICE. An option holder may exercise an option
                                by delivering to the Company a duly completed
                                notice of exercise, using the form supplied by
                                the Company.

                        (2)     PAYMENT OF OPTION PRICE. Unless otherwise
                                consented to by the Company, the option price
                                must be paid to the Company by check acceptable
                                to the Company.

                        (3)     PARTIAL EXERCISE. The options are exercisable in
                                whole or in part, but if in part they must be
                                exercised in multiples of 25 shares.

                        (4)     NO VIOLATION. Under no circumstances will
                                options be exercisable if exercise would involve
                                a violation of any federal or state securities
                                law.

        6.      TRANSFERABILITY. No options may be transferred other than by 
will or the laws of descent and distribution.

        7.      TAX WITHHOLDING. It is a condition to the exercise of options 
that the option holder pay or make provision satisfactory to the Company for
withholding or payment of all taxes.

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        8.      EMPLOYMENT. Nothing in this Plan alters the terms of an option
holder's employment or the right of the Company to terminate an option holder.
For purposes of this Plan only, the continuous employment of the option holder
will not be considered interrupted by reason of transfer within the Company,
temporary layoff not less than 90 days, or by reason of any leave of absence
approved by the Chief Executive Officer of Diebold, Incorporated for illness,
military or governmental service, or other approved cause.

        9.      ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan will be administered only 
by the Board of Directors of Diebold, Incorporated, or its Compensation and
Organization Committee. The Plan will be evidenced by a signed Agreement between
each option holder and Diebold, Incorporated or InterBold.

        10.     ADJUSTMENT TO OPTIONS OR OPTION PRICE. The Board of Directors of
Diebold, Incorporated, or its Compensation and Organization Committee, will,
with sole discretion, exercised in good faith, adjust the option price and the
number and kind of shares covered by this Plan, or replace outstanding options
with alternative consideration, if the adjustment or replacement is equitably
required to prevent dilution or enlargement of an option holder's rights as a
result of any of the following transactions, or to facilitate any of the
following transactions:

                (A)     any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
                        issuance of rights or warrants to purchase stock,
                        recapitalization or other change in the capital
                        structure of the Company;

                (B)     any merger, consolidation, separation, reorganization or
                        partial or complete liquidation; or

                (C)     any other corporate transaction or event having an
                        effect similar to any of the foregoing.

        11.     CHANGE IN CONTROL. The Board of Directors of Diebold, 
Incorporated, or its Compensation and Organization Committee, may, with sole
discretion, exercised in good faith, provide that options granted under this
Plan become immediately exercisable in the event of a change in control of the
Company or other similar transaction or event.


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[DIEBOLD  LETTERHEAD]                                                  Exhibit 5


                                                                   July 24, 1997





Diebold, Incorporated
P.O. Box 3077
North Canton, Ohio  44720

RE:     1997 MILESTONE STOCK OPTION PLAN

Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel for Diebold, Incorporated, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), in connection with the 1997 Milestone Stock Option Plan of the
Company (the "Plan"). I have examined such documents, records and matters of law
as I have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion, and based thereupon I
am of the opinion that the Common Shares of the par value of $1.25 per share
that may be issued or transferred and sold pursuant to the Plan (and the
authorized forms of Agreements thereunder) will be, when issued or transferred
and sold in accordance with the Plan and such Agreements, duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable so long as the consideration
received by the Company is at least equal to the par value of such shares.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Company to effect registration of the shares
to be issued and sold pursuant to the Plan under the Securities Act of 1933.

                                Sincerely yours,

                                /s/Warren W. Dettinger

                                Warren W. Dettinger
                                Vice President and General Counsel







Diebold, Incorporated
5995 Mayfair Road
P.O. Box 3077
North Canton, OH  44720-8077
Phone: (330) 490-4000


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                                                                      Exhibit 23

                        Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
                        --------------------------------



The Board of Directors
Diebold, Incorporated:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 pertaining to the 1997 Milestone Stock Option Plan of Diebold, Incorporated
and in the related Prospectus of our report dated January 16, 1997, except for
the first paragraph of Note 8, which is as of January 30, 1997, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Diebold, Incorporated
included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

/s/KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
July 24, 1997


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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                        DIRECTORS AND CERTAIN OFFICERS OF
                              DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED

                        1997 MILESTONE STOCK OPTION PLAN

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the undersigned directors and
certain officers 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 any proposed Form S-8
Registration Statement and any amendments to such statement, where use of a
power of attorney is permitted, 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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<S>                                  <C>                                       <C> 
Signed in the presence of:           Signature                                 Date
                                     ---------                                 ----

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ Louis V. Bockius III                  July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     Louis V. Bockius III, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ Daniel T. Carroll                     July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     Daniel T. Carroll, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ Richard L. Crandall                   July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     Richard L. Crandall, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ Donald R. Gant                        July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     Donald R. Gant, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ L. Lindsey Halstead                   July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     L. Lindsey Halstead, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ Phillip B. Lassiter                   July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     Phillip B. Lassiter, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ John N. Lauer                         July 24, 1997
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                                     John N. Lauer, Director
                                     (Director)

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Signed in the presence of:           Signature                                 Date
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/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ Robert W. Mahoney                     July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     Robert W. Mahoney, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ William F. Massy                      July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     William F. Massy, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ Gregg A. Searle                       July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     Gregg A. Searle, Director
                                     (Director)

/s/Charee Francis-Vogelsang          /s/ W. R. Timken, Jr.                     July 24, 1997
- -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------   -------------
                                     W. R. Timken, Jr., Director
                                     (Director)

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