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Postretirement Life and Medical Insurance Benefits to Eligible Retirees (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013 age
Health insurance |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |
Deferred compensation arrangement with individuals, description | Retirees must have attained age sixty-five and earned twenty years of full-time service upon retirment for coverage under the medical plan. The medical benefits are capped at a $20,000 lifetime maximum per covered person. The benefits are coordinated with Medicare and any other medical policies in force.
Age requirement for retiring | 65
Deferred compensation arrangement with individual, requisite service period | Twenty years
Lifetime maximum benefit paid per individual | $ 20,000
Life insurance |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |
Deferred compensation arrangement with individuals, description | Retirees who have attained the age sixty-five and earned at least ten years of full-time service upon retirement from the Company are entitled to group term life insurance benefits. The life insruance benefit is $2,000 plus $100 for each year of employment over ten years. The plan is not funed and claims are paid as they are incurred
Age requirement for retiring | 65
Deferred compensation arrangement with individual, requisite service period | Ten years
Lifetime maximum benefit paid per individual | 2,000
Additional benefit stipulation for life insurance | 10 years 0 months 0 days
Additional benefit requirement amount | $ 100

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- Definition Description of the deferred compensation arrangement, including fixed amounts and determinable awards, or the method for determining payments and awards, the timing of such payments and awards, and any requisite service or performance criteria, as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5047-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 123R -Paragraph 64, 65 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 710 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6409961&loc=d3e20487-108367 + Details
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