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BENEFIT PLANS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
BENEFIT PLANS [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
NOTE H:  BENEFIT PLANS

The Company provides a qualified defined benefit pension to eligible employees and retirees, other post-retirement health and life insurance benefits to certain retirees, an unfunded supplemental pension plan for certain key executives, and an unfunded stock balance plan for certain of its nonemployee directors.  The Company accrues for the estimated cost of these benefits through charges to expense during the years that employees earn these benefits.  No contributions to the defined benefit pension plan are required or planned for 2014.

The net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

 
Pension Benefits
 
Post-retirement Benefits
 
Three Months Ended
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
March 31,
(000's omitted)
2014
2013
 
2014
2013
Service cost
$882
$985
 
$0
$0
Interest cost
1,318
1,029
 
27
22
Expected return on plan assets
(2,980)
(2,451)
 
0
0
Amortization of unrecognized net loss
(77)
1,007
 
0
3
Amortization of prior service cost
1
14
 
(45)
(45)
Net periodic benefit cost
($856)
$584
 
($18)
($20)