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Note 9 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables) (Retirement Plan [Member])

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Retirement Plan [Member]

Note 9 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables) [Line Items]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

		Three months ended March 31,
(In thousands)		2015				2014
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost		$	221			$	223
Amortization of unrecognized loss			291				190
Expected return on plan assets			(350	)			(336	)
Net employee pension expense		$	162			$	77
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost		$	11			$	13
Interest cost			24				29
Amortization of unrecognized gain			(14	)			(15	)
Amortization of past service liability			10				10
Net outside director pension expense		$	31			$	37
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost		$	95			$	90
Interest cost			75				63
Amortization of unrecognized loss			30				-
Amortization of past service liability			(21	)			(21	)
Net other postretirement expense		$	179			$	132

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (h)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35743120&loc=d3e1928-114920

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