European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and tripes Uthof lazed shop Fichtl publication Porth a. 1bmed forces vol. 47, no. 175 monday october 10, 1988 Good morning d 8693 a 200 reported killed in algerian protests Algiers Algeria a soldiers fired Injo crowds of demonstrators sunday who refused to Dis Perse and sources said a least 200 people have died in rioting Over rising prices and a government austerity program. The government also confirmed that there have been deaths of members of the Security forces. Clashes Between the army and demonstrator be came increasingly violent late saturday and Early Sun Day. The worst violence was reported in the Southern and Eastern suburbs of Algiers and in the Western port of Oran. Fighting also was reported in a dozen provincial centers. In the capital or Algiers army helicopters armed with rockets flew Low apparently to discourage the formation of crowds. The City was mostly Calm. After midday prayers at the City s mosques some people gathered and chanted Chad i must go a reference to president Chad i band Jedi. They dispersed quickly when soldiers charged. Hospital and police sources in various parts of the country providing fragmentary information said More than 200 people were killed and severe Hundred injured during the last five Days. The government has Given no official death toll. From the accounts of sources As Well As descriptions from citizens who witnessed clashes it seemed Likely see algerian on Back pages a l ten Wal if wit  Holiday wearing a Nice Little newspaper hat Adrian Par Ker 5, played Christopher Columbus St a in elementary school in West Germany on Friday. Adrian played the role to help teach his class males about Columbus Day which is monday. Another picture and education news Are on paces 8 and 9. A s sweep past sox  Pennant Oakland Calif. A the Oak land athletics showing off the pitching and Power that made them baseball s win nest team in 1988, completed a four game sweep in the american league playoffs by beating the Boston red sox 4-1 sunday. Jose Canseco the major league Leader in Home runs tied an Al playoff record with his third Home run of the series and Dennis Ecker sly the Leader in saves set a major league playoff Mark with his fourth save As he finished a four hitter for Dave Stewart and Rick Honeycutt. Sex hostage takes off for . By the stars and stripes freed hostage Nithil Schwar Singh left for the United Stales sunday after four Days of rest and medical tests at Wiesbaden Region Al medical Cen Crin West Germany. . Authorities citing Singh s desire for privacy would not release any other details of the Farmer hostage s immediate plans. However the 60-year-old Singh who decided not to talk to the Media while in West Germany had indicated earlier that he would like logo to Colorado. Singh s wife. La Mani who Lew from Bei rut Lebanon to Frankfurt West Germany saturday reportedly accompanied Singh to the United states a Wiesbaden official said. Stale department officials were unavailable for comment. Singh who was bom in India but lived in the United Stales was teaching at Bei rut University College when abducted with three other americans on Jan. 24, 1987. He was released oct. 3 in Beirut and turned Over to . Officials in Damas Cus Syria. He was flown by a . Air Force c-141 from Damascus to West Germany Early wednesday morning. The athletics Are resuming to the world series for the first time since 1974. Game i will be saturday night in either new York or los Angeles. Oakland posted the first postseason four game sweep since 1976, when Cincin Nati s big red machine rolled Over the new York Yankees in the world series the athletics also got some Long due re Venge against Boston which swept Oak land out of the 1975 playoffs and ended its run of three consecutive championships. The red sox whose longest losing string during the regular season was four games picked a bad time to duplicate that Streak. The athletics dominated Boston this year going 133 and winning All eight in Oakland giving them 15 Vic tories Over the red sox in the lust 16 meetings in Oakland. Dwight Evans the Only player on i ther team who participated in Boston s 1973 playoff Victory Over Oakland did not help the red sox. He struck out with the bases loaded to end the first inning he was 6-for-l2 with the bases loaded in the regular season and fanned with the tying run on second base to end the sixth. Oakland won an Al West record 104 games one season after Minnesota won the Pennant with 35 victories. The ath letics1 sweep marked for the first Lime since division play began in 1969 that two dil Terent Al West learns have gone to the world series in successive years Boston whose 89 victories were the fewest for any Al East title in a full sea Sari lost its final three games of the year and continued to wobble. Manager Joe Morgan a Miracle worker after inherit ing a fourth place learn when John Mcnamara was fired at the All Star break. Continued on Page 21 the shuttle discovery leaves Edwards fab Calif., for Cape canaveral flu., atop a jumbo Jet saturday. The Craft shuttle goes Home arrived at the Cape five Days after completing America s first manned space Mission since the challenger disaster. Thousands of spectators lined roads and River Banks creating huge traffic jams to applaud the return