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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Kansas City Power & Light Company
Contact: Phyllis Desbien
816/556-2903
Joele Frank/Tim Metz
Abernathy MacGregor Scanlon
212/371-5999
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT RECEIVES UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL
FROM WESTERN RESOURCES
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (April 15, 1996) - Kansas City Power &
Light Company (NYSE: KLT) announced, in response to Western
Resources Inc.'s (NYSE: WR) unsolicited proposal to buy all of
KCPL's outstanding shares, that the Company's Board of Directors
will review Western Resources' proposal promptly.
KCPL advised its shareholders that the Company will inform them
of any developments as they occur.