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Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Defined Benefit Plan Net Periodic Benefit Cost | Information related to the Company’s retirement plans for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 is as follows (amounts in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Plan costs: |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 389 |  |  | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | 270 |
Interest cost | 1,212 |  |  | 1,290 |  |  | 1,396 |
Amortization of prior service cost | 737 |  |  | 694 |  |  | 1,248 |
Acceleration of benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  | 72 |
Amortization of unrecognized losses | 66 |  |  |  |  |  |
| $ | 2,404 |  |  | $ | 2,289 |  |  | $ | 2,986 |
Projected benefit obligation: |  |  |  |  |
Beginning of year | $ | 29,766 |  |  | $ | 26,037 |  |  | $ | 25,161 |
Plan amendments adopted during year | 575 |  |  |  |  |  | 202 |
Service cost | 389 |  |  | 305 |  |  | 270 |
Interest cost | 1,212 |  |  | 1,290 |  |  | 1,396 |
Benefit payments | (731 | ) |  | (504 | ) |  | (125 | )
Change in unrecognized loss (gain) | 3,108 |  |  | 2,638 |  |  | (867 | )
Projected benefit obligation, end of year | $ | 34,319 |  |  | $ | 29,766 |  |  | $ | 26,037 |
Unamortized prior service cost: |  |  |  |  |
Beginning of year | $ | 3,333 |  |  | $ | 4,027 |  |  | $ | 5,145 |
Plan amendments adopted during year | 575 |  |  |  |  |  | 130 |
Amortization of prior service cost | (737 | ) |  | (694 | ) |  | (1,248 | )
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year | $ | 3,171 |  |  | $ | 3,333 |  |  | $ | 4,027 |
Accumulated unrecognized (loss) gain, October 31 | $ | (4,307 | ) |  | $ | (1,265 | ) |  | $ | 1,372 |
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31 | $ | 34,319 |  |  | $ | 29,766 |  |  | $ | 26,037 |
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31 | $ | 34,319 |  |  | $ | 29,766 |  |  | $ | 26,037 |
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block] | The table below provides, based upon the estimated retirement dates of the participants in the retirement plans, the amounts of benefits the Company would be required to pay in each of the next five fiscal years and for the five fiscal years ended October 31, 2022 in the aggregate (in thousands).
Year ending October 31, | Amount
2013 | $ | 955 |
2014 | $ | 1,042 |
2015 | $ | 1,645 |
2016 | $ | 1,770 |
2017 | $ | 2,028 |
November 1, 2017 - October 31, 2022 | $ | 12,247 |

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