Note 8. Employee Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

8.     The following table provides the components of net periodic employee benefits expense for the Company’s benefit plans for the third quarters and first nine months of 2013 and 2012:

	Three Months Ended
	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
(In thousands)	Sept. 30, 2013			Sept. 23, 2012			Sept. 30, 2013			Sept. 23, 2012
Service cost	$	-		$	-		$	27		$	50
Interest cost		4,736			5,290			221			445
Expected return on plan assets		(5,737	)		(5,926	)		-			-
Amortization of prior-service cost		-			-			22			315
Amortization of net loss/(gain)		2,155			1,412			(210	)		(205	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,154		$	776		$	60		$	605

	Nine Months Ended
	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
(In thousands)	Sept. 30, 2013			Sept. 23, 2012			Sept. 30, 2013			Sept. 23, 2012
Service cost	$	-		$	-		$	82		$	150
Interest cost		14,208			15,871			663			1,335
Expected return on plan assets		(17,212	)		(17,778	)		-			-
Amortization of prior-service cost		-			-			68			944
Amortization of net loss/(gain)		6,464			4,236			(632	)		(615	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,460		$	2,329		$	181		$	1,814

Certain components of net periodic benefit cost were reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into operating costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, as shown below:

(In thousands)	Three Months Ended Sept. 30, 2013		Nine Months Ended Sept 30, 2013
Amortization of prior-service cost	$	22	$	68
Amortization of actuarial net loss		1,945		5,832
Total reclassifications	$	1,967	$	5,900