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The Beatles Bench 3 Armory Janitors - FIRED OVER BLEACHERS

Three janitors who objected to setting up bleacher seats in the Minneapolis Armory for the Beatles closed-circuit TV show this weekend were fired Thursday. "The Beatles don't bother me," Rolland Pois-son, 1129 116th Av. NE., Blaine, one of the janitors, said of the British rock 'n' roll group. "I've got a houseful of teenagers and I'm used to them. "We just didn't want to do work when we weren't supposed to." David Morris, president of Teamsters Local 450, said the argument was an old one-whether armory janitors should perform nonjanitorial jobs. He said the union would picket the armory, starting at 9 a.m. today. Meanwhile, two foremen and other employes began setting up the seats for an estimated crowd of some 8,000. Morris said the union met last month with representatives of the Adjutant General's Office, which operates the armory, about the issue. Both sides then agreed that the janitors would be guided by civil service job specifica-tions. Setting up bleacher seats for a private show does not come under these specifications, Morris added. However, a state government spokesman said that janitor duties include moving of furniture and that this is what the bleachers are. The state spokesman added the men could get their jobs back if they would report, ready for work including setting up bleacher , seats, by Tues- day. Armory employes are not covered by civil service and do not have the right - to appeal suspen-sions. Larry Goldblatt, a partner in National Talent Con-sultants, which is promoting the show, said he has been deluged with calls from teen-agers since the controversy was an-nounced. "The seats will be set up," he assured, "and the shows will go on as scheduled at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. We will run our tests to-day."