EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Share-based Compensation, Activity [Table Text Block]

Information concerning share-based activity pertaining to the 401(k) Plan for each of the last three fiscal years ended October 31 is as follows (in thousands):

	Common Stock		Class A Common Stock
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2012	170		170
Issuance of common stock to 401(k) Plan	(45	)	(45	)
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2013	125		125
Issuance of common stock to 401(k) Plan	(57	)	(57	)
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2014	68		68
Issuance of common stock to 401(k) Plan	(54	)	(54	)
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2015	14		14

Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations [Table Text Block]

Changes in the Plan's projected benefit obligation and plan assets for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):

Change in projected benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation as of October 31, 2013		$13,213
Actuarial loss	930
Interest cost	610
Benefits paid	(938		)
Projected benefit obligation as of October 31, 2014	13,815
Actuarial loss	716
Interest cost	561
Benefits paid	(924		)
Projected benefit obligation as of October 31, 2015		$14,168
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets as of October 31, 2013		$11,397
Actual return on plan assets	764
Employer contributions	136
Benefits paid	(938		)
Fair value of plan assets as of October 31, 2014	11,359
Actual return on plan assets	254
Employer contributions	78
Benefits paid	(924		)
Fair value of plan assets as of October 31, 2015		$10,767
Funded status as of October 31, 2014		($2,456	)
Funded status as of October 31, 2015		($3,401	)

Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block]

Weighted average assumptions used to determine the projected benefit obligation are as follows:

	As of October 31,
	2015		2014
Discount rate	4.47	%	4.20	%

Weighted average assumptions used to determine net pension income are as follows:

	Year ended October 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Discount rate	4.20	%	4.79	%	3.99	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.75	%	6.75	%	6.75	%

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

Components of net pension income that were recorded within the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations are as follows (in thousands):

	Year ended October 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Expected return on plan assets		$738		$739		$320
Interest cost	561		610		236
Net pension income		$177		$129		$84

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

Estimated future benefit payments to be made during each of the next five fiscal years and in aggregate during the succeeding five fiscal years are as follows (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,
2016		$914
2017	907
2018	883
2019	915
2020	918
2021-2025	4,436

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block]

The fair value of the Plan's assets are set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy in the following tables (in thousands):

	As of October 31, 2015
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Fixed income securities		$5,372		$—		$—		$5,372
Equity securities	5,280		—		—		5,280
Money market funds and cash	115		—		—		115
		$10,767		$—		$—		$10,767

	As of October 31, 2014
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Fixed income securities		$5,563		$—		$—		$5,563
Equity securities	5,678		—		—		5,678
Money market funds and cash	118		—		—		118
		$11,359		$—		$—		$11,359

Fixed income securities consist of investments in mutual funds. Equity securities consist of investments in common stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds.

The Plan's actual and targeted asset allocations by investment category are as follows:

	As of October 31,
	2015				2014
	Actual		Target		Actual		Target
Fixed income securities	50	%	50	%	49	%	50	%
Equity securities	49	%	50	%	50	%	50	%
Money market funds and cash	1	%	—	%	1	%	—	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%