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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                
                         SCHEDULE 14D-1
                                
                                
                       (Amendment No. 66)
                                
                                
                     Tender Offer Statement
(Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
                                
                                
               Kansas City Power & Light Company 
                   (Name of Subject Company)
                                
                    Western Resources, Inc.
                            (Bidder)
                                
                Common Stock, Without Par Value
                 (Title of Class of Securities)
                                
                            48513410
             (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                                
                       John K. Rosenberg
          Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                    Western Resources, Inc.
                       818 Kansas Avenue
                      Topeka, Kansas 66612
                     Phone:  (913) 575-6300
                                
       (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone
       Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                
                                
                                
                           Copies to:
                                
                        Neil T. Anderson
                      Sullivan & Cromwell
                        125 Broad Street
                    New York, New York 10004
                         (212) 558-4000
                                
                        William S. Lamb
             LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
                      125 West 55th Street
                    New York, New York 10019
                         (212) 424-8000
                                
                                
                                
This Amendment No.66 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule 14D-1 (the "Schedule 14D-1"), originally filed by Western Resources,
Inc., a Kansas corporation ("Western Resources"), on July 8, 1996 relating to
the exchange offer disclosed therein to exchange all of the outstanding Shares
for shares of Western Resources Common Stock upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Prospectus, dated July 3, 1996, and the related
Letter of Transmittal.  Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 14D-1.

Item 5.   Purpose of the Tender Offer and Plans or Proposals of the Bidder.
     
     As detailed in the press release attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(154),
the tender offer is hereby terminated.       

Item 11.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

     Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding thereto the
following:

(a)(154)    Employee update and press release issued on February 7,
            1997.
                            SIGNATURE

     After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


                                                WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.

Date     February 7, 1997                       By   /s/ JERRY D. COURINGTON  
                                                         Jerry D. Courington,
                                                         Controller











































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(a)(154)          Employee update and press release                     2
                  issued on February 7, 1997.















































                                                 Exhibit No. (a)(154)

The following employee update and press release was issued by Western
Resources, Inc. on February 7, 1997:

                                                   February 7, 1997
     
     KCPL, WESTERN RESOURCES FIND COMMON GROUND, ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO 
                 MERGE; TRANSACTION VALUED AT $2 BILLION
     
          Citing the need to join forces in a rapidly changing 
     marketplace, the boards of directors of Kansas City Power & Light 
     Company (NYSE:KLT) and Western Resources, Inc. (NYSE:WR) said 
     today they have approved a merger of the two companies.
          In separate meetings, the two boards of directors approved a 
     definitive merger agreement that provides for a tax-free, 
     stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. 
          Under the terms of the agreement, KCPL shareowners will 
     receive $32 of Western Resources' common stock per KCPL share*.
          This merger, which is intended to be accounted for as a 
     pooling-of-interests transaction, will create a company with more 
     than 2 million security and energy customers, $9.5 billion in 
     assets, $3 billion in annual revenues and more than 8,000 
     megawatts of electric generation resources. 
           "We are pleased to be working together to take advantage of 
     the tremendous opportunities this merger presents," said John E. 
     Hayes, Jr., Western Resources chairman of the board and chief 
     executive officer. "We are excited about bringing the exceptional 
     talents and skills of all employees together as we continue to 
     position this new company that will benefit customers, 
     shareowners, and our respective communities." 
          Both Hayes, and Drue Jennings, KCPL chairman of the board, 
     president, and chief executive officer, said that resolution of 
     the outstanding merger issues will enable the strategic 
     initiatives of both companies to go forward to meet the changing 
     energy marketplace.
          "This transaction provides significant tangible benefits for 
     all involved," said Jennings. "An increase in the per share 
     price, our mutual commitment to no employee layoffs, and 
     long-range cost savings of $1 billion during 10 years exemplify 
     what our two companies can do together immediately. And in the 
     future, this combination will create value for shareowners and 
     choices for customers as we position ourselves to be a premier 
     energy and security provider throughout the nation.
          "We are both gratified to continue our long association in 
     the new company, building on each other's strengths to create a 
     company poised for the future."
          Hayes will remain chairman of the board and chief executive 
     officer. Jennings will become vice chairman of the board of 
     Western Resources and be responsible for electric utility 
     operations of the combined company upon completion of the merger. 
     Six members of the KCPL board will join the board of directors of 
     Western Resources. KCPL, as a division of Western Resources, will 
     continue to have its own board and retain its headquarters in 
     Kansas City, Missouri.
          "Western Resources has taken increasingly bold actions that 
     position the company for a competitive marketplace and that will 
     complement KCPL strengths," said Jennings.
          The merger is conditioned, among other things, upon the 
     approvals of each company's shareowners and the necessary review 
     and approvals of various regulatory agencies, principally the 
     Kansas Corporation Commission, Missouri Public Service 
     Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission.
          As a result of the merger agreement, Western Resources will 
     terminate its exchange offer.
     
          You may call 1-800-964-4420 to hear a re-broadcast of 
     today's news conference with John E. Hayes, Jr. and Drue Jennings 
     regarding the merger. The re-broadcast will be available from 
     6:30 p.m. today through 5 p.m. February 12.
     
     *Subject to an exchange ratio collar of 0.917 to 1.100 Western 
     Resources shares for each KCPL share.
     
                                      
          This news release/employee update is neither an offer to exchange
nor a solicitation of an offer to exchange shares of common stock of KCPL. 
Such offer is made solely by the Prospectus dated July 3, 1996, and the
related Letter of Transmittal, and is not being made to, nor will  tenders be
accepted from or on behalf of, holders of shares of common  stock of KCPL in
any jurisdiction in which the making of such offer or  the acceptance thereof
would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction. In any
jurisdictions where securities, blue sky or other laws require such offer to
be made by a licensed broker or dealer, such offer shall be deemed to be made
on behalf of Western Resources, Inc. by Salomon Brothers Inc or one or more
registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.