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Property Assets Property Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property Assets [Abstract] |
Property Assets [Table Text Block] | Property Assets
| December 31,
(In thousands) | 2017 |  | 2016
Furniture and equipment | $ | 511,527 |  |  | $ | 522,036 |
Transportation equipment | 10,585 |  |  | 11,854 |
Building and leasehold improvements | 269,522 |  |  | 274,118 |
Land and land improvements | 6,747 |  |  | 6,747 |
Construction in progress | 10,193 |  |  | 23,774 |
Total property assets | 808,574 |  |  | 838,529 |
Less accumulated depreciation | (525,673 | ) |  | (522,101 | )
Total property assets, net of accumulated depreciation | $ | 282,901 |  |  | $ | 316,428 |

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