PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS (Table)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Pension Plans Defined Benefit [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Schedule Of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures

The components of net periodic pension cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2020		2019		2020		2019
Service cost	$	6,285	$	6,096	$	19,507	$	17,747
Interest cost	5,772		7,045		17,888		21,788
Expected return on plan assets	(16,602)		(14,645)		(50,394)		(44,411)
Amortization of prior service cost	178		170		36		29
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial loss	5,539		1,557		17,038		6,741
Net periodic pension cost	$	1,172	$	223	$	4,075	$	1,894