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SLIDE: MCCLELLAN
SLIDE: DAVIS
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The Fort Worth-built F-111 warplane came in for another series of blasts today from its most persistent critic, Senator John McClellan. The Arkansas Democrat says costs of the plane have escalated nearly 500%, and he intends to re-open hearings to try to learn if the F-.111 program was mis-managed by Pentagon officials. General Dynamics/Fort Worth President Frank W. Davis issued a statement to Channel Five News, saying !To debate the content of the hearings before they begin would be in-appropriate.'2 However, Davis said that because of its unique capability and effectiveness, the F-111 has continued 'on course" thru 8 storrxy years of controversy, and said he is confident the F-111's value is greater today than ever before. Davis added: "The program wil survive what we hope is the last chapter in the