Article: REORGANIZING EASTERN FOCUS OF FRANK LORENZO

NEW YORK (AP) - Now that his $464 million deal with Peter V. Ueberroth has collapsed, Eastern Airlines boss Frank Lorenzo said Thursday he is turning his attention to his plan to reorganize Eastern as a much smaller airline.

``We've had our deal. We've looked at the sale alternatives,'' Lorenzo said in a speech at the University Club in Manhattan.

Under his new plan, strikebound Eastern ``will be a lot smaller,'' said Lorenzo, the chairman of Eastern's parent Texas Air Corp. However, he asserted, ``We are not going to have any difficulty over time building back.''

At a separate speaking engagement a few blocks away, Ueberroth said in response to a question on the Eastern ...

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