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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                
                         SCHEDULE 14D-1
                                
                                
                       (Amendment No. 46)
                                
                                
                     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. 46 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)(126)  News release/employee update issued on October 25, 1996.


                            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     October 25, 1996                    By   /s/ JERRY D. COURINGTON  
                                                                 
                                           Jerry D. Courington,
                                           Controller


                        INDEX TO EXHIBITS


                                                                  Sequentially
                                                                    Numbered
Exhibit No.                     Description                           Pages   

(a)(126)            News release/employee update issued on 
                    October 25, 1996.                            1
                    

          Exhibit No. (a)(126)

The following news release/employee update was issued on October 25, 1996.

     
                        SHARES ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED
                        BEFORE MARKET OPENS MONDAY
     
     
         TOPEKA, Kansas, October 25, 1996 (10 a.m. CDT) -- The Western 
     Resources tender offer for Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL) 
     expires today at 5 p.m. EDT.
        Western Resources will make an announcement of the number of shares 
     tendered and its intention regarding an extension of the tender offer 
     before the New York Stock Exchange opens Monday morning, October 28.
        On August 30, Western Resources announced an extension of its 
     exchange offer for KCPL from September 20 to 5 p.m. EDT, October 25, 
     1996.
                                  -30-
     
        Western Resources (NYSE:WR) is a full-service, diversified energy 
     company with total assets of more than $6 billion. Its utilities, KPL 
     and KGE, operating in Kansas and Oklahoma, provide natural gas service 
     to approximately 650,000 customers and electric service to 
     approximately 600,000 customers. Through its unregulated subsidiaries, 
     Westar Energy, Westar Security, Westar Capital, and The Wing Group, a 
     full range of energy and energy-related products and services are 
     developed and marketed in the continental U.S., and offshore.
        For more information about Western Resources and its operating 
     companies, visit us on the Internet at http://www.wstnres.com.
     
        This news release and employee update are 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 o n 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.