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BEIRUT--The pro-Iranian group holding Joseph J. Cicippio said yesterday it would spare his life temporarily but indicated that the American still could be killed "within days" unless Israel met new, tougher terms...
When the original threat to kill Cicippio was made Monday, his captors demanded the release of a Shiite Moslem cleric Israeli commandos kidnapped July 28. The new terms include release of unspecified "Palestinian and Lebanese" guerrillas...
...Lebanese group sent a videotaped message to a Western news agency to announce the indefinite postponement of Cicippio's execution...
...Revolutionary Justice Organization still holds Americans Joseph Cicippio, 57, and Edward Tracy, 57, but there was no indication that they or any of the 19 other hostages, including six more Americans, still held captive in Lebanon would be released soon...
Also present for the news conference was Elaine Collett, wife of British hostage Alec Collett. Relatives of hostage Joseph Cicippio of nearby Norristown were to attend the luncheon...