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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | The following table shows changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:
|  | Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available-for-Sale Securities (1) |  | Unrealized Gains and Losses on Pension Plan Liability (1) |  | Total (1)
Three months ended March 31, 2015 |  | (in thousands)
Beginning balance |  | $ | 7,462 |  |  | $ | (1,841 | ) |  | $ | 5,621 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  | 9,376 |  |  | (280 | ) |  | 9,096 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (2) |  | (459 | ) |  | 28 |  |  | (431 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) |  | 8,917 |  |  | (252 | ) |  | 8,665 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 16,379 |  |  | $ | (2,093 | ) |  | $ | 14,286 |
Three months ended March 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |
Beginning balance |  | $ | (10,108 | ) |  | $ | (1,936 | ) |  | $ | (12,044 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  | 7,119 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,119 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (2) |  | (142 | ) |  | 24 |  |  | (118 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive income |  | 6,977 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 7,001 |
Ending balance |  | $ | (3,131 | ) |  | $ | (1,912 | ) |  | $ | (5,043 | )
__________ (1) All amounts are net of tax. Amounts in parenthesis indicate debits. (2) See following table for details about these reclassifications.
Schedule of reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income [Table Text Block] | The following table shows details regarding the reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:
|  | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |  |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  | Affected line Item in the Consolidated
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | Statement of Income
|  | (in thousands) |  |
Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment securities gains |  | $ | 721 |  |  | $ | 223 |  |  | Investment securities gains, net
|  | 721 |  |  | 223 |  |  | Total before tax
|  | (262 | ) |  | (81 | ) |  | Income tax provision
|  | $ | 459 |  |  | $ | 142 |  |  | Net of tax
Amortization of pension plan liability |  |  |  |  |  |
Actuarial losses |  | $ | (44 | ) |  | $ | (37 | ) |  | Compensation and employee benefits
|  | (44 | ) |  | (37 | ) |  | Total before tax
|  | 16 |  |  | 13 |  |  | Income tax benefit
|  | $ | (28 | ) |  | $ | (24 | ) |  | Net of tax

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