Iphoto glitch with retained masters

Mavericks 10.9.4
iphoto 9.5.1
I am currently having a mysteriously bulky iphoto even after deleting most my photos.
How can I delete the masters of iPhoto without losing my photos in the main iPhoto display library and all their masters and edits.
I take loads of photos and import them and then will keep only 4% of the ones that I import.  As a result I have a masters folder of over 60GB and actual photos that take up less that 5 or 10 GD.  Is it possible to delete the master folder without losing all the photos and without having to pain stakingly go through every folder and pick out from literally hundreds the ones that i kept and edited.  How do I reduce the size of the masters just down to the ones that I have kept and not every single photo and video that I imported in the history of my iPhoto experience.
Is there a way to just delete the masters that are no longer in the iPhoto library, while keeping the masters and edits of the ones that I clearly want to keep because they are the ones that I did keep.
There is nothing in iPhoto trash or in my computers trash at all so that would indicate to no permission issues.
I did an iPhoto repair. I found that about five thousand photos reappeared in one event that had many multiple events combined in it from the past.  I deleted those reappearing photos and my library size shrunk from 60GB to 45GB, which is a great start, but when I look in the master file there are still tons of unwanted photos and if they were all deleted I would expect the whole thing to shrink to about 15 GB’s
Are there any suggestions? Could I upgrade to a better photo program and delete iPhoto while taking just the photos I want and their masters. I am happy to abandon ship on iPhoto if it is having bugs or glitches all around and there is no foreseeable repair.

Someone told me this ~ "There is a reported bug that if you delete a photo then merge or otherwise organize events prior to emptying the iPhoto trash that the master is not deleted" ~ that is what I do every time I organize things so I am wondering how to get rid of this bug or repair it and how to clean up my files to reflect what I want.
Yes there is such a bug.  You can recover your "missing" masters and delete them but it will cost your your projects, i.e. books, calendars, slideshows, etc.  The best solution would be to restore a backup copy  of the library before the deletion and joining of events occurred.  However, it would not have your newer photos.
Here's how to find and cull out those masters:
Using iPhoto Library Manager  to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 -  select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox  "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next  window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2:  Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
This will give you a new library with the missing masters grouped in an Album titled Scavenged Photos
from which you can delete them correctly.

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    If you currently have any rolls that are titled Roll xxxx, you might want to give them some descriptive name before converting. Otherwise they get converted to Untitled Event. It may be easier to rename them now in the more familiar setting than after conversion.
    After conversion be sure to go to iPhoto's Events preferences and set up the time frame for each event. It can be 1 day, 1 week, 2 hrs or 8 hrs. In addition, if you want imports brought in from the Finder make sure the Finder checkbox is not selected.
    Do you Twango?
    TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
    I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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