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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 AND LIGHT COMPANY
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) 
 
                    WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
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                   (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement) 
 
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The following Employee Update was released on May 16, 1996:     
     
     
                                                               May 16, 1996
                                                                 3:00 p.m.
     
     
                    GUIDE TO MERGER PROPOSAL BOOKLETS AVAILABLE
     
        As we near the May 22 shareholder meeting of KCPL, an informational 
     booklet is being mailed to all KCPL shareholders with details of our 
     proposal.
        The booklet shows why Western Resources believes it is providing 
     superior value in its proposal and provides facts and figures about 
     the benefits we have advertised.
        Watch for a copy of the booklet, which is being sent to all Western 
     Resources employees through interoffice mail.
     
     
     
     Western Resources has filed exchange offer materials with the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission and intends to make its offer 
     directly to shareholders of KCPL as soon as its registration statement 
     has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     
     A registration statement relating to the Western Resources securities 
     referred to in these materials has been filed with the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. Such securities 
     may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time 
     the registration statement becomes effective. These materials shall 
     not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy 
     nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which 
     such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to 
     registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such 
     state.