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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS, Target Allocations (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016 | Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans | Real Estate Investment [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, minimum range | 0.00% |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, maximum range | 6.00% |  |
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans | Cash [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, minimum range | 0.00% |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, maximum range | 7.00% |  |
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans | Fixed Income Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, minimum range | 40.00% |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, maximum range | 60.00% |  |
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans | Equity Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, minimum range |  | 37.00% |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets, maximum range | 60.00% |  |
United States Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Us Portfolio Equity Securities Percentage Of Alternative Investments | 5.00% | 5.00% |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 4.20% | 4.00% |
United States Defined Benefit Plans | Fixed Income Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets | 20.00% | 20.00% |
United States Defined Benefit Plans | Equity Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets | 80.00% | 80.00% |
United States Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Us Portfolio Equity Securities Percentage Of Alternative Investments | 5.00% | 5.00% |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.00% |
Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) | 7.00% | 8.00% | 8.00%
United States Postretirement Benefit Plans | Fixed Income Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets | 20.00% | 20.00% |
United States Postretirement Benefit Plans | Equity Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets | 80.00% | 80.00% |
Minimum [Member] | Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 0.77% | 1.50% | 1.50%
Minimum [Member] | United States Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  | 4.00% |
Minimum [Member] | United States Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  |  | 4.00%
Maximum [Member] | Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) | 3.76% | 4.00% | 4.50%
Maximum [Member] | United States Defined Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  |  | 4.50%
Maximum [Member] | United States Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate (in hundredths) |  |  | 4.25%
Deferred Profit Sharing [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets | 40.00% | 40.00% |
Deferred Profit Sharing [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Target Allocation Percentage of Plan Assets | 60.00% | 60.00% |

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