News stories from Saturday April 10, 1982

Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:

President Reagan denounced critics of his proposal to reduce federal aid to the student loan program in a five-minute radio broadcast to the United States from Barbados, where he is vacationing. He said that students had been deliberately misled in their belief that the government was "snatching away" their loans. [New York Times] The largest naval expansion in peace-time has been proposed to Congress by the Reagan administration. So far the Navy, despite being allotted the most funds for the administration's military buildup, has escaped much of the rising criticism of the proposed increases in military spending. However, in the months ahead, the program to provide the Navy with a 600-ship fleet and to acquire 1,900 aircraft is likely to undergo serious congressional scrutiny. [New York Times] A raid on a Saudi prince's household in Miami by officials investigating charges that his servants were being kept in servitude and incommunicado has resulted in a $210 million civil lawsuit filed on the prince's behalf. It has also become a diplomatic incident affecting relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia. [New York Times] A reporter waived his right to protect confidential sources and information guaranteed by the California state Constitution, a judge ruled, when he answered some questions but refused to answer others about a murder case in California. [New York Times] A total ban on Argentine imports in Western Europe was voted by the European Economic Community as the deadline for Britain's naval blockade of Argentine shipping off the Falkland Islands approached. The import sanctions, adopted by the 10-member organization in Brussels, were the sternest punitive measures it has taken in its 25-year-history. [New York Times] Argentina would fight if provoked by Britain, President Leopoldo Galtieri told a cheering crowd outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. He addressed the crowd after a two-hour meeting with Secretary of State Alexander Haig on the dispute over the Falkland Islands. [New York Times] Britons are confused and divided over how far the government should go in restoring British rule in the Falkland Islands. The initial impulse to fight with whatever force is required to restore British rule has been replaced by more tempered support of the government. [New York Times] Russian and American intervention to head off a feared Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon was sought by President Elias Sarkis of Lebanon in meetings with the ambassadors of the Soviet Union and the United States. The meetings followed reports of heavy Israeli troop movements in the border area. [New York Times] The breakup of the Solidarity union is planned by martial law authorities in Poland, a fugitive union leader said. Zbigniew Bujak, leader of the Warsaw chapter, who is in hiding, said recent official moves indicated that the authorities were aiming at "delegalization" of Solidarity. [New York Times]