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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS, Assumptions (Details)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2012
Oct. 31, 2011
United States Pension Plans [Member]
     
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]      
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) 3.25% 4.50% 5.00%
Average increasee in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 3.50% 3.50% 3.50%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 8.00% 8.00% 8.25%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]      
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 4.50% 3.25%  
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 3.50% 3.50%  
Foreign Pension Plans [Member]
     
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]      
Discount rate minimum - net periodic cost (in hundredths) 1.50% 2.00% 2.00%
Discount rate maximum - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 4.50% 5.50% 5.25%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) 2.50% 2.50% 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) 3.00% 3.25% 3.75%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) 4.00% 4.00% 4.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) 6.50% 6.50% 6.75%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]      
Discount rate minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 1.75% 1.50%  
Discount rate maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 4.25% 4.50%  
Average increase in compensation levels minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 2.50% 2.50%  
Average increase in compensation levels maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 3.25% 3.00%  
United States Postretirement Benefit Plan [Member]
     
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]      
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) 3.50% 4.75% 5.50%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 8.00% 8.00% 8.25%
Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) 9.00% 9.00% 10.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) 3.50% 4.50% 4.75%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year 2027 2026 2025
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]      
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 4.25% 3.50%  
Current medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 9.00% 9.00%  
Ultimate medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 3.50% 3.50%  
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year - benefit obligation 2028 2027