October 7, 1983

President Reagan has given ''acquiescence and acceptance'' to forming a re-election committee, a senior White House official said today. The President's approval was his biggest step toward a formal re-election announcement. The official said Mr. Reagan signaled his approval to James A. Baker 3d, the White House chief of staff, in an unpublicized meeting last week in which Mr. Baker presented plans for the committee. The group would be formed Oct. 17 to raise funds for the 1984 campaign.

The Swedish Academy today awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to the British novelist William Golding, author of ''Lord of the Flies,'' whose books plumb the nature of evil in man. But a senior member of the jury, in a rare public dissent, challenged the decision. Appearing as is traditional at the stroke of 1 P.M., Lars Gyllensten, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced the unexpected choice in the ancient institution's offices in the Stockholm stock exchange. An academy citation said the 72-year-old Mr. Golding had won the prize ''for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today.'' Seventh Briton to Win Mr. Golding, who learned of the award in the Wiltshire village where he lives and writes, became the seventh British author to win the literary prize since it was first given in 1901. Established by the will of the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the prize is worth $191,815, or 1.5 million Swedish kronor.

A dispatch by United Press International in Sports Pages yesterday about the sale of illegal drugs to horse trainers and veterinarians misidentified Joseph Faraldo and gave an incorrect name for the judge in the case. Mr. Faraldo is president of the New York Standardbred Owners Association and has no connection with the defendant in a trial at Uniondale, L.I., where Judge Jacob Mishler is presiding.

Three radicals convicted of murder in the $1.6 million Brink's armored car robbery were each sentenced today to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison. Under the terms of the sentencing, the three - David J. Gilbert, Judith A. Clark and Kuwasi Balagoon - will not be eligible for parole until they have each served a minimum of 75 years. The judge, David S. Ritter of Orange County Court, described their crime as ''cold, calculated and deliberate'' and said he wanted the three imprisoned for as long as the law allowed. Two police officers and a Brink's guard were shot to death in the robbery in Rockland County on Oct. 20, 1981.

International Brazil is to get $12 billion in new loans on easier terms under an agreement reached with 60 major banks. The accord is a major element in securing new financing for the country so it can keep up payments on its $90 billion in foreign debt. The banks agreed to lower the interest rates and the fees they charge and extend the repayment period. (Page A1.) Argentines, anxious about their country's foreign debt, jammed into banks to withdraw dollars and empty safety deposit boxes. (A7.) A.T.& T. is exploring a joint venture with Olivetti in which it would purchase a 20 percent stake in the Italian concern, according to European executives in Paris. Olivetti reportedly wants A.T.& T. to take over part of an interest in Olivetti now held by two nationalized French companies, St. Gobain and Bull. (D1.)