26 JUNE 1964, Page 11

Spectator's Notebook

A story of a lost scoop is attached to this. Shortly after her marriage a reporter was inter- viewing her. 'Tell me,' he said, 'what did you do before your marriage to Commander Parker?"Well,' said Carol, 'actually I used to run a birth-control clinic in the Virgin Islands. . . .' And an incensed news-hawk who disliked having his leg pulled, left. Perhaps now he will go back and finish the story.