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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Assumptions) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Oct. 31, 2016
Foreign Plan [Member] | Pension Plan [Member]    
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]    
Discount rate minimum - net periodic cost (in hundredths) 0.40% 0.76%
Discount rate maximum - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 2.63% 3.80%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) 2.50% 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) 3.50% 3.50%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) 4.00% 4.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) 6.50% 6.50%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]    
Discount rate minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 0.59% 0.40%
Discount rate maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 2.52% 2.63%
Average increase in compensation levels minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 2.50% 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 3.25% 3.50%
Domestic Plan [Member] | Pension Plan [Member]    
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]    
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) 3.50% 4.00%
Average increasee in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 3.00% 3.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 7.50% 8.00%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]    
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 3.75% 3.50%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 3.00% 3.00%
Domestic Plan [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]    
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]    
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) 3.50% 4.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 7.50% 8.00%
Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) 6.00% 7.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) 3.50% 3.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year 2029 2028
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]    
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 3.50% 3.50%
Current medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 6.00% 6.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 3.50% 3.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year - benefit obligation 2029 2028