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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Text Block]

(4)	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following (in thousands):

	January 31,			April 30,
	2014			2013
Land, buildings and improvements	$	27,358		$	29,500
Furniture and equipment		24,203			23,736
		51,561			53,236
Less accumulated depreciation		(27,731	)		(27,950	)
	$	23,830		$	25,286

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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