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Last September 1 5-year-old Manuel Del Llano, who earned « a living playing a guitar in a night club, and 1 5-year-old Cecilia Ramirez, who attended high school, announced they planned ttto marry. They applied for a license. .Considerable civic interest was evinced in the case, which in- n volved not only a child bride,” but a “child bridegroom. -But there was no hitch until a Superior Court judge discoveredthat Manuel had a juvenile police record. -Women's club leaders frowned. School officials doubted |wisdom of the marriage. ISuperior Judge George Steiger intervened. He ordered the Icounty clerk's office to refuse issuance of the wedding license. 1Then Manuel announced Cecilia was going to have a baby. IYou must let us get married,” he said. I've been in trouble Iwith the juvenile authorities, but that s all over. Cecilia knew jall about that. Give us a chance, and we 11 make good. We want jto give the baby a name.’ IOfficials relented and Manuel and Cecilia were married. jToday, Manuel was held by juvenile authorities who chargedhim with stealing an automobile. Cecilia, about to become amother, hasn’t been told that her young husband is in troubleagain.
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Thu, Dec 16, 1937
Page 15
Full Page
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Wheaton P.
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