SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                
                         SCHEDULE 14D-1
                                
                                
                       (Amendment No. 63)
                                
                                
                     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.63 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 11.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

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

(a)(151)    Employee update and press release issued on or about January 15,
          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     January 16, 1997                       By   /s/ JERRY D. COURINGTON  
                                                         Jerry D. Courington,
                                                         Controller














































                        INDEX TO EXHIBITS


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Exhibit No.                     Description                           Pages   

(a)(151)          Employee update and press release                     1
                  issued on or about January 15, 1997.


                                                   Exhibit No. (a)(151)

The following employee update and press release were issued on or about
January 15, 1997:


                                               January 15, 1997
     
                KCPL, WESTERN RESOURCES CONTINUE WORK TOWARD    
               AGREEMENT; TENDER OFFER EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 5
     
          Kansas City Power & Light Company (NYSE:KLT) and Western 
     Resources, Inc. (NYSE:WR) said today that substantive merger 
     negotiations are continuing between the two companies.
          As a result of the positive dialogue between the companies, 
     Western Resources is extending the expiration date of its tender 
     offer to 5 p.m. EST, February 5, 1997, and will continue to 
     refrain from actively soliciting tenders of KCPL shares. 
          Although there can be no assurance that any agreement will 
     result from such negotiations, if a definitive merger agreement 
     is reached on or prior to February 5, it is Western Resources' 
     intention to terminate its tender offer at such time and proceed 
     with the merger.
          As of 5 p.m. EST January 15, 1997,30.2 million shares of 
     KCPL (or approximately 49 percent of the total outstanding 
     shares) had been tendered to Western Resources. 



                      
        This news release 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.