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Note M - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block] |
|  | Years Ended April 30, |
(in thousands) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Supplemental disclosures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest paid |  | $ | 2,884 |  |  | $ | 2,218 |  |  | $ | 2,727 |
Income taxes paid, net |  |  | 17,800 |  |  |  | 16,479 |  |  |  | 13,857 |
Non-cash transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory acquired in repossession and payment protection plan claims |  |  | 39,657 |  |  |  | 37,142 |  |  |  | 29,636 |

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