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INDUSTRY DONORS SLEPT AT WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON -- Two prominent supermarket executives, Ron Burkle and John Catsimatidis, were among donors to the Democratic National Committee who stayed overnight at the White House, according to a list published in The New York Times. arge share of Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Salt Lake City.Catsimatidis, whose two donations totaled $82,000, is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Red

WASHINGTON -- Two prominent supermarket executives, Ron Burkle and John Catsimatidis, were among donors to the Democratic National Committee who stayed overnight at the White House, according to a list published in The New York Times.

arge share of Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Salt Lake City.

Catsimatidis, whose two donations totaled $82,000, is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Red Apple Cos., New York, operator of Sloan's Supermarkets, New York.

He told SN his donations were not a condition for the invitation to stay over at the White House.