European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 6, 1993 army spec. Rosa Siewic titling Vicky Giampoala holds her daughter Alyssa Nicole born at 12 35 . New years Day. On new year s by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau army spec. Michael Giampoala can honestly. Tell his daughter one Day that fireworks lit the heavens the night she was born. The German tradition of ringing in the new year with rockets and flares coincided this year with the birth of Alyssa Nicole Giampoala at 12 35 . In Berlin. A it was kind of Nice for her to come in with a bang a Giampoala said. Alyssa sports no new year s Day 1993 Sash but by All accounts she was the first american baby born this year in a . Military Hospital in Europe. Naval forces Europe officials said the first baby born to a member of their command is Jordan Douglas Gambill who checked into this world at 2 05 . On Jan. 1. He is the son of chief Petty officer Betty Gambill and her husband Steven who Are at naval station Rota Spain. A Survey of most us air forces in Europe installations has Melina Renee Mcgee heading the list with a time of 11 28 . This new years Day baby is the daughter of senior airman Tracy Mcgee and his wife Simone of Pitburg a Germany. Giampoala assumed he had a shot at a new years baby when his wife Vicky went into labor at 6 . Dec. 31. A we knew it was going to be close a said Giampoala 23, who is assigned to co a 320th Field arty in Berlin. As it got Down to the wire Alyssa a daddy stepped toward a Small window in the birthing room to catch a glimpse of the fireworks showering Berlin. They illuminated the sky above the army Hospital and added More twinkle to his tired eyes. But his interest in pyrotechnics proved As Short lived As the fireworks  in the darkness when his wife Drew him Back from the window and to the Issue at hand. A this is my third new years Here and usually i. It gets pretty wild a Giampoala said. �?o1 Wasny to really watching the fireworks too much but 1 could hear  a few minutes later the Giampoala heard a j different kind of sound a the cry of their infant daughter As she surveyed her new world for the i first time. Alyssa lipped the scale d t 6 pounds 6 ounces and measured-20 inches. Neither Parent s is upset with Alyssa a timing. Had she been born f before the new year her parents would have realized an additional tax deduction of $2,300. F a i  care less a Vicky Giampoala said. A a i just wanted to have her. Her being healthy a that a the main  the stars and stripes b Page 3 germ Art Economy nears catastrophe Berlin apr unemployment in Western Germany increased sharply in december to 7.4 percent and manufacturing orders registered a decline statistics showed thursday. The disappointing numbers followed a report wednesday by one of the country a leading forecasters the German Institute for economic research that blamed Germany a High interest rates for putting West european economics in danger of a worsening collapse. The Western German Economy a is close to a catastrophe a said Heiner Flass Beck the Berlin institutes top researcher and a consistent critic of the Bundesbank Germany scentral Bank. A the Bundesbank with its High interest policy bears the main responsibility a of Jasbeck said. The Western German Economy the worlds third biggest has been weak since 1991 and now is widely seen As being in a recession which May last through most of 1993 with rising unemployment and a drag effect on other countries economies. The Federal labor office said unemployment in Western Germany leaped frown 6.9 percent in Novom Ber to 7.4 percent in december when 2,025,468 people were jobless. It was the first time in three years that Western Germany had More than 2 million unemployed. In Eastern Germany unemployment crept us ,. From 13.4 percent to 13.5 percent from november to december with 1,086,464 jobless in december. In addition 588,000 Eastern germans were on Short hours or in government financed make work programs in decent or. A i a e economic statistics arc $u11 kept separate for the formerly communist East which suffered an economic collapse after the 1990 unification with West Germany. The economics ministry in Bonn said new orders to Western German manufacturers fell 0.6 percent from october to november and were Down .10.5 percent from november 1991. The figures from the economics ministry showed that orders were steady in the raw materials sector and Rose moderately in consumer goods but dropped notably in capita goods reflecting Low investment outlays.  a Institute said a change in the Bundesbank a monetary policy was the Only Factor that could. Reverse a weak Ching of the Western German Economy. The Bundesbank meanwhile appeared to pass up another Chance thursday to ease its nigh interest rates. The Central Bank a policy making Council signalled no change was Likely in its rates by failing to schedule a news conference after its regular meeting.  Institute blamed the Bundesbank for keeping interest rates High throughout Western Europe in contrast to lower rates in the United states and Japan. Without leadership by the Bundesbank a an end of the weak phase in West Europe is not in sight. There even exists a danger of a still sharper collapse a the institutes said. It said the economic Outlook would be favourable if interest rates were lowered because company profits arc in better shape than during the last recession in the Early 1980s, and inflation and wage increases arc Low. Lull in Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina up fresh fighting rocked Sarajevo and other areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina on thursday marring the Day when orthodox serbs celebrate Christmas and aggravating conditions amid . Warnings that As Many As 400.000 people could die from cold and hunger. Artillery explosions and Small arms fire erupted overnight in the Center of the embattled bosnian capital and persisted throughout the morning and Early afternoon. No accurate casualty toll was immediately available nor was there Independent confirmation of a Sarajevo radio report that the clashes were triggered by an assault by serbian troops on bosnian government lines near the Center of the divided City. Serbian troops have been besieging and bombarding Sarajevo for More than nine months. An estimated 380.000 people Are trapped in Shell ruined Homes and apartments with Little food and no electricity amid sub freezing temperatures. Serbian leaders have demanded the division of the City into ethnic districts As part of their drive to rip a self declared state out of the former yugoslav Republic of 1.9 million Muslim slavs j.4 million Christian orthodox serbs and 750,000 roman Catholic croats the fighting ended Days of relative Calm in Sarajevo. Fierce clashes were reported elsewhere As serbs marked orthodox Christmas which Falls on Jan. 7 according to the Calendar authorized by the roman emperor Julius Caesar in 46 . Sarajevo radio said that fighting flared in the area near the serb conquered Eastern town of Vornik and that the Northern Muslim slav held towns of Mataj and pcs and came under serbian artillery attacks. A the Muslim slav and croat held mining town of Kolovo North of Sarajevo also came  tank and howitzer fire it said. The official yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported Tillery duels in Northern Bosnia and infantry clashes artillery around the town of Teslie. Canadian Force arrives in Macedonia Skopje Macedonia a a unit of Canadian peacekeepers arrived in Macedonia on thursday As part of the United nations first preventive deployment of its troops against the spread of War. A contingent of 80 . Troops drove across the yugoslav Mace donian Border just before midday and continued on to the nearby town of Kumanova where they will be quartered in a former yugoslav army Barracks. About 70 More were expected to arrive at the Skopje Airport later in the afternoon. An Advance party of . Troops arrived dec. 28. The company of 150 canadians will be stationed temporarily in Macedonia pending the arrival of a 700-Man scandinavian battalion in mid february. The full Force including police Border observers and administrative personnel will eventually number More than 800. The troops Are to be drawn from among the 15,000-Strong . Peacekeeping operation in the former yugoslav Republic of Croatia. Danish Brig. Gen. Finn Kaermark Thomsen the Force commander is scheduled to arrive in Skopje the macedonian capital today. The peacekeepers will be deployed mainly along the Northern Border with Serbia a restive province of Kosovo the International Community is concerned that clashes May erupt soon Between serbian Security forces in the province and ethnic albanians who make up about 90 percent of Kosovo a population of 1.9 million. It is feared that the fighting could then spill Over into Macedonia since the Republic s Large albanian Community could be expected to support their ethnic  War involving Macedonia could conceivably grow into a general Balkan conflict drawing in Albania Greece Bulgaria and Turkey. Macedonia an impoverished landlocked state of 2 million people has declared Independence from the crumbling yugoslav federation. It is the Only one of the four former yugoslav republics which seceded from Yugoslavia that has thus far succeeded in doing so peacefully. Secession by Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina sparked warfare. A the deployment of peacekeepers in Macedonia Marks the first time that the . Has posted troops As a preventive measure. Albanian leaders in Kosovo have also appealed for the deployment of . Troops. N