Building Authority- HB 1558, 1985

Frank Wenstrom was State Senator and Lieutenant Governor for 30 years. This series encompasses a wide variety of topics and is arranged chronologically. Files contain background information on legislative issues including taxation, education, transportation, health, agriculture issues, and management of natural resources. Wenstrom’s State Senator years include correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, reports, and copies of legislative bills. Also included is a scrapbook documenting the 1969 Legislative Session. During Wenstrom’s tenure as Lieutenant Governor, he visited the Minot Air Force Base to witness the turnover of Minutemen Missiles to Strategic Air Command. This series documents his visit and also contains some background material on the SAC. Wenstrom also attended a Governor’s Conference and a Lieutenant Governor’s Conference from which there are summary reports and correspondence. Also during this time Wenstrom was Chairman of the Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee from 1963 to 1964. His activities in this group include an audit of ND State Insurance Commissioner Frank Albers, investigated for the misuse of state funds.