EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Target Allocations and Weighted Average Asset Allocations) (Details) - Retirement Income Plans [Member] - United States Postretirement Benefit Plan of US Entity [Member]	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target plan asset allocations	100.00%	100.00%
Actual plan asset allocations	100.00%	100.00%
U.S. Equity [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target plan asset allocations	11.00%	11.00%
Actual plan asset allocations	11.00%	11.00%
International Equity Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target plan asset allocations	12.00%	12.00%
Actual plan asset allocations	12.00%	11.00%
Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target plan asset allocations	74.00%	74.00%
Actual plan asset allocations	73.00%	74.00%
Other [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target plan asset allocations	3.00%	3.00%
Actual plan asset allocations	4.00%	4.00%

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Target allocation of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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