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                    SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
        PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
        (NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contacts:                Investor Contact:
  Pam Levetzow                   David Myers
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   KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT ADVISES SHAREHOLDERS TO AWAIT
         BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION BEFORE TAKING ACTION
           ON WESTERN'S UNSOLICITED EXCHANGE OFFER
                              

Kansas City, Missouri (July 8, 1996)  -- Kansas City Power &
Light Company (NYSE: KLT) announced, in response to Western
Resources, Inc. (NYSE: WR) formally commencing its unsolicited
exchange offer, that the Company's Board of Directors will review
the exchange offer shortly.

KCPL stated that shareholders need not take any action at this
time with respect to Western's exchange offer, and requested that
shareholders await the recommendation of the KCPL Board.

Kansas City Power & Light Company provides electric power to a
growing and diversified service territory encompassing
metropolitan Kansas City and parts of eastern Kansas and western
Missouri.  KCPL is a low-cost producer and leader in fuel
procurement and plant technology.  KLT Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of KCPL, pursues opportunities in non-regulated,
primarily energy-related ventures.

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