Americans plan big gift spend for 1998 holidays
The International Mass Retail Association reports Americans will spend 828 on gifts this season up from last year. A 1000 adult telephone survey finds 47 percent will buy clothing, 46 percent believe in altruistic gifts, and regional spending ranges from 648 to 949. Nearly half plan to start shopping in mid November, with 23 percent waiting until December. A separate note mentions John Frankenheimer joining the debate over Titanic tape edits.
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The Manchurian Candidate director urged a boycott of Sunrise Family Video for offering to edit nude and sexual scenes from the film for five dollars. For three dollars more, more scenes could be removed. Frankenheimer called it mutilating art in the Salt Lake Tribune.
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