Upgraded to IPhoto 6:  Crashes and missing photos

Recently upgraded to IPhoto 6. I've had all previous incarnations of Iphoto and never had any issues up until now. After install, I was prompted to "rebuild my thumbnail cache", which I did. It crashed halfway through and I sent a note to Apple. Tried it again. Crashed again. Noticed that IPhoto had created 3 new rolls comprised of photos that were 3 to 4 years old, probably from the first IPhoto. In doing that, it lost my last three rolls, possibly more but I haven't noticed specifically. I had backed up my library using Retrospect to an external hard drive so I have all of the photos safely. How should I correct/fix this? Also, how can I get rid of all of my thumbnails. I absolutely hate them, they are useless clutter. Thanks in Advance.

Ed44:
Did you figure out how to get iPLM up and running and rebuild the library?
Can you describe how you went about copying the other library folder over, where you placed it and how you went about importing?
You should just try placing that library folder in your Pictures folder, launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and, when asked, locate and select that newly copied library folder.
HOWEVER, after copying it to your Pictures folder and before launching iPhoto download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, substituting your account name for mine. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
See if that will help.

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