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BENEFIT PLANS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
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 2016.

The net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

  
Pension Benefits
  Post-retirement Benefits 
  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
(000's omitted)
 
2016
  
2015
  
2016
  
2015
 
Service cost
 
$
1,026
  
$
831
  
$
0
  
$
0
 
Interest cost
  
1,406
   
1,375
   
20
   
22
 
Expected return on plan assets
  
(2,960
)
  
(3,042
)
  
0
   
0
 
Amortization of unrecognized net loss
  
377
   
366
   
(1
)
  
(3
)
Amortization of prior service cost
  
11
   
2
   
(45
)
  
(45
)
Net periodic benefit cost
 
(140
)
 
(468
)
 
(26
)
 
(26
)