The Nation - News from April 9, 1985
Wearing a beard and “riding a fine, euphoric cloud,” William Mathers returned to the United States after nine months’ imprisonment in Vietnam, where he was accused of spying. Mathers, 41, appeared thin but fit at his reunion with his parents at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. He was freed Thursday after his father paid a $10,000 fine. Mathers was arrested while sailing his 80-foot schooner from Singapore to Hong Kong.
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