RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost For Plans

A summary of net periodic benefit expense for the Company’s defined benefit plans for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is shown in the following table. Net periodic benefit cost for each period presented is comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2017		2016
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	820		965
Expected return on assets		(975)		(1,094)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		-		3
Actuarial loss		549		505
Net periodic benefit cost	$	394		379