You need to provide input that fails. The input that you said failed, doesn't:

@FILE = (
  '<*ra0*p(9,-9,0,9,0,0,g,"U.S. English")><Bz8>KETTLE WORKERS F/T &'
  .' P/T, Nov.-Dec., $6.90/hr. Must be clean, honest & neat. Apply'
  .' at the Salvation Army, 316 Pleasant St., Wmtc., wkdys., 9-6 p.m.'
);

foreach (@FILE) {
   s/[0]{4}\n/<v2\.05><e1>\n\@Normal\=<Ps100t0h100z12k0b0cKf\"ArialMT\
+">\n\@Normal\=\[S\"\",\"Normal\",\"Normal\"\]<\*L\*h\"Standard\"\*kn0
+\*kt0\*ra0\*rb0\*d0\*p\(0,0,0,0,0,0,g,\"U\.S\. English\"\)>\n\@\$\:<\
+*J\*p\(9,\-9,0,9,0,0,g,\"U\.S\. English\"\)><z8f\"Helvetica\">\n/g;
   s/^[0-9]{4}\n/<\*ra\(1,0,K,100,\-9,0,0\%\)\*p\(9,\-9,0,7,0,0,g,\"U\
+.S\. English\"\)><z2>\n<\*ra0\*p\(9,\-9,0,9,0,0,g,\"U\.S\. English\"\
+)><Bz8>/g;
   s/^[0-9]{4}D\n/<\*ra\(1,0,K,100,\-9,0,0\%\)\*p\(9,\-9,0,7,0,0,g,\"U
+\.S\. English\"\)><z2>\n<\*ra0\*p\(9,\-9,0,9,0,0,g,\"U\.S\. English\"
+\)><Bz8>\n\*\*\*\*\*\*DISPLAY\*\*\*\*\*\*\n/g;
   s/(<Bz8>)([^ ]*)/$1$2<\$>/g;
}

print(@FILE);

__END__
output
======
<*ra0*p(9,-9,0,9,0,0,g,"U.S. English")><Bz8>KETTLE<$> WORKERS F/T & P/
+T, Nov.-Dec., $6.90/hr. Must be clean, honest & neat. Apply at the Sa
+lvation Army, 316 Pleasant St., Wmtc., wkdys., 9-6 p.m.
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